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Giant ‘heat storms’ are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one on record. (www.reuters.com)

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Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the planet, upending life around the world from Texas to Ivory Coast to Poland.

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think my problem is that Reuters blocks VPN exits. Not going to disable it just for them.

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