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The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
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.
This October was the hottest on record globally, 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month — and the fifth straight month with such a mark ...
The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures. [12]2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.
The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees ...
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On October 4, monthly record high temperatures were reached with temperatures of 89 °F (32 °C) in Syracuse, New York, [159] and 86 °F (30 °C) in Burlington, Vermont, [160] In Montreal, the temperature reached 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) with a humidex of 33, considered "exceptional" for that time of year. [161]
'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under heat wave as temperatures top 104F; French prime minister is expected to formally resign, but stay at the head of a caretaker government; Israeli military says it will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men. That could rattle the government; JD Vance is a relative political unknown.