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Simultaneous heat waves hit Europe, Asia and North America — El Niño and climate change to blame

Europe, Asia and North America are simultaneously experiencing intense heat waves driven in part by the warm waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean associated with El Niño, compounded by long-term climate change. Scientists warn that such concurrent extreme weather events occurring across multiple continents at once is exceptionally rare and alarming. Record temperatures are being broken across numerous regions.

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