Apparently, this isn't correct ... On 10 August 2017 at 07:35, V M vmin...@gmail.com [goawriters2] < goawrite...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/the-global- > meltdown/articleshow/59994037.cms > > On Monday this week, the eminent author (and part-time Goa > resident) Amitav Ghosh tweeted an alarming video file of a flaming > palm, writing, "I am told it is so hot in Kuwait that trees are > spontaneously combusting." Just last month, that desert country > registered the "hottest temperature ever recorded on earth", an > astonishing 54 degrees Celsius. > Posted by: V M <vmin...@gmail.com> > According to http://www.snopes.com/62-degree-celsius-kuwait-tree-fire/ * The highest temperature on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization, was 56.7°C (134°F) on 10 July 1913 in Furnace Creek, California. * The highest temperature in Kuwait, 54°C, was recorded in Mitrabah in July 2016. * The weather in Kuwait hovered around 50°C during July 2017 * This video was actually shot in Madinah, Saudi Arabia and shows a palm tree that was struck by lightning.
