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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Climate change made South Korea’s deadliest wildfires twice as likely, scientists find

Human-caused climate crisis doubled the chances of the extreme weather that fuelled South Korea’s deadliest wildfires, a new study has found.

The fires, which broke out in southeast Korea on 22 March, killed at least 32 people and destroyed 5,000 buildings, including homes and centuries-old temples.

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