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Extraordinary, climate change-fueled heat wave envelops the US West with mounting consequences

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Extraordinary, climate change-fueled heat wave envelops the US West with mounting consequences

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago

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Extraordinary, climate change-linked heat wave envelops the West with mounting consequences | CNN

Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun.

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March in San Francisco is feeling like August in LA.

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