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Heatwaves and wildfires: How Greece is handling the double whammy

The heatwave scorching much of Northern Hemisphere is putting human lives on the line and threatening power grids. Climate change is exacerbating weather extremes, making heatwaves more frequent and more severe worldwide. Recently, scientists have associated persistent heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere with a northward displacement of the jet stream.

Climate apocalypse: Hundreds dead, city destroyed, fires and 50 degrees Celsius VIDEO

Canada has been going through a record heatwave for the last ten days, which has killed hundreds of people in more than seven days and caused more than 150 forest fires across British Columbia.
In Lytton, a place with only 250 inhabitants, the maximum temperatures are usually around 25 degrees during June.