Nigeria, March 1 -- On a sweltering night in February 2024, Abdullahi Ibrahim, 56, a resident of Gwadabawa community in Yola North LGA of Adamawa State, collapsed. Family members rushed him to a nearby hospital, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

"The temperature was so high, coupled with epileptic power supply. At night, with no sufficient air circulation, he collapsed," Yusuf Attah, another resident of the community, recounted.

Mr Attah described the incident as part of what residents now call a "recurrent disaster" - a pattern of extreme heat episodes between February and April that has intensified in recent years.

"This has been happening every February, March and April. It is increasing yearly," he said, noting that...