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Climate crisis blamed as temperature records broken in three nations

Jon Henley, the Guardian
clock 25 July 2019 •
Climate crisis blamed as temperature records broken in three nations

New maximums set in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, as citizens swelter across Europe

Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have recorded their highest ever temperatures as the second extreme heatwave in as many months to be linked by scientists to the climate emergency grips the continent....

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