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June Was Hottest On Record In Western Europe: EU Monitor

Millions of people were exposed to high heat stress across the south and west of Europe (Credit: AFP)

Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.

Globally, this past June was the third warmest on record, continuing a blistering heat streak in recent years as the planet warms as a result of humanity's emissions of greenhouse gases.

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