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Alexander Of Assyria

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Tue Jul 18, 2023, 07:39 PM Jul 2023

Millions face extreme heat in the US, Europe, China (Live Udates) [View all]

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Source: CNN

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. Blisteringly high temperatures are being reported across the world, breaking records on multiple continents — the latest in a trend caused by the climate crisis. The first week of July was the hottest week on record, data shows.

. Southern Iran registered a heat index value — the apparent “feels like” temperature to the human body — of 152 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday. Heat indexes of 160 are widely considered the upper threshold of what humans can endure.

. In the United States, millions of people in the Southwest and South face dangerously high temperatures. Some places, such as Texas and Arizona, have experienced a weeks-long heat streak.
The heat has primed the land for fires in places like Spain and Greece. Smoke from wildfires in Canada is triggering unhealthy air warnings across the northern tier of the US.

. The heat has primed the land for fires in places like Spain and Greece. Smoke from wildfires in Canada is triggering unhealthy air warnings across the northern tier of the US.



Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/global-heat-wave-weather-temperatures-07-18-23/index.html



Live Update Global Climate Crisis Heat Wave Thread, first in history!?

Canada above the 60th parallel, double the size of Texas, has been a fire breathing dragon for weeks, right to the Canadian high arctic islands.

Iran 152 degrees wet bulb!!
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