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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray

Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says

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At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a new report Friday.

UNICEF said it amounted to one in seven school-going children across the world being kept out of class at some point in 2024 because of climate hazards.

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