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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

From London to Manila, world’s biggest cities face alarming rise in heatwaves

The world’s major cities are enduring a quarter more very hot days each year than three decades ago, new research says.

The 40 most-populous capitals, and three other politically significant cities, experience 26 per cent more days over 35C now than in the 1990s, according to an analysis by the International Institute for Environment and Development.

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