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With a deviation of over 0.7 °C from the average of the years 1991 to 2020, July 2023 marks the warmest July ever recorded. Numerous regions in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in southern Europe, went through severe heatwaves, with anomalies of +4 °C in Italy, Greece, and Spain.
The heat wave entailed wildfires in Alberta, record temperatures across Canada and the US, and over 100 deaths in Mexico. The heat also accelerated snow melt in mountain ranges, causing flooding and mudslides. According to scientists, climate change increased the strength of the 2023 heatwaves including in North America. [3] [4] [5]
The heatwaves caused severe damage in southern US, Southern Europe, South and southeast Asia. [8] Heatwaves becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change are a big problem for Europe. The heatwaves in the year 2003 killed 70,000 people, while in the record breaking summer of 2022, 61,672 people died.
Wednesday 19 July 2023 10:55, Tara Cobham. Historic heatwaves are sweeping the planet from China to Europe and the United States, with 2023 on track to become the hottest year on Earth since ...
A new anticyclone dubbed ‘Charon’ has advanced into the Mediterranean region from north Africa
LONDON (Reuters) -Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record ...
September 2023 was the warmest September on record globally, with an average surface air temperature 0.5 °C above the temperature of the previous warmest September (2020). [140] During mid-April 2023, heat waves occurred in several countries in South Asia, Indochina, and parts of China. In what has been described as the "worst April heatwave ...
A whopping 6.3 billion people worldwide experienced at least 31 days of extreme heat since mid-2023. As the climate crisis drives more extreme and frequent heatwaves in the US and around the world ...