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Jennifer McDermott

'I don’t even have gloves on': Olympic town warms up as climate change puts Winter Games on thin ice

Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow melted from rooftops – signs of a warming world.

“I definitely thought we’d be wearing all the layers,” says Jay Tucker, who came from Virginia to cheer on Team USA and bought hand warmers and heated socks in preparation. “I don’t even have gloves on.”

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