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An intense heat wave in northwest Europe raised average temperatures by 16 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit above the norm across the region.
A temperature of 95.2 Fahrenheit was recorded at London's Kew Gardens, Britain's Met Office weather service said, breaking the 94.6 record set a day earlier at Kew.
Temperatures across parts of continent around 10-15C above average for this time of year, while thunderstorms strike eastern Australia
The world is heading into another period of dangerous heat, a new UN report warns on Thursday, and it’s nearly certain global temperatures over the next five years will stay “at or near record levels” as climate change accelerates across land and sea.
Both the old best- and worst-case future scenarios in the fight against climate change are being jettisoned by the world’s top scientists as they prepare the next series of huge United Nations reports.