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China’s western Xinjiang province records 80-degree Celsius surface temperature VIDEO
That is causing problems for countries around the world and prompting them to urgently address climate change, which scientists say will make heat waves more frequent, more severe and more deadly, according to Reuters.
Scorching heatwave threatens to break top temperatures
Scorching heat across the Northern Hemisphere threatened to break records and whip up wildfires on Monday as the dire consequences of global warming take shape.
Parts of Europe, Asia and North America were preparing for historic heat with health warnings and evacuations.
Record heatwaves sweep the world, from US to Europe and Asia
Tens of millions of people were battling dangerously high temperatures around the world on Sunday as record heat forecasts hung over parts of the United States, Europe and Asia, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.
Death toll in massive Haiti quake jumps to over 1,200
The death toll from Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Aug. 15, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president's assassination.
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