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The Independent: Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/record-temperatures-greece-deaths-hot-weather-b2575950.htmlWarning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record
Thousands of people have died due to heat this year
Kate Abnett
2024 is set to be the hottest year on record with warnings issued of heat-related deaths across the world.
Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU’s climate change monitoring service has said, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures.
Some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world’s hottest recorded year.
The changed climate has already unleashed disastrous consequences around the world in 2024. More than 1,000 people died in fierce heat during the haj pilgrimage last month. Heat deaths were recorded in New Dehli, which endured an unprecedentedly long heatwave, and amongst tourists in Greece.
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Thousands of people have died due to heat this year
Kate Abnett
2024 is set to be the hottest year on record with warnings issued of heat-related deaths across the world.
Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU’s climate change monitoring service has said, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures.
Some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world’s hottest recorded year.
The changed climate has already unleashed disastrous consequences around the world in 2024. More than 1,000 people died in fierce heat during the haj pilgrimage last month. Heat deaths were recorded in New Dehli, which endured an unprecedentedly long heatwave, and amongst tourists in Greece.
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