2017 set to rank as one of the hottest years ever recorded

Michael Holder
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World Meteorological Organisation says 2017 likely to be one of three hottest years on record with year marked by catastrophic hurricanes, floods, heatwaves and droughts

Global temperature records look likely to be smashed once again this year, with 2017 on course to be one of the three hottest years on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)....

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