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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gabrielle Canon, Rebecca Ratcliffe, Ajit Niranjan and Jonathan Watts

‘The place I love is in flames’: the people living and working in extreme heat

A firefighter is silhouetted hosing down a tree against flames burning in a forest.
A firefighter working near homes in Wofford Heights, California, during the French fire in the Sequoia national forest in August 2021. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Extreme heat records have been broken around the world this year, and scientists say 2024 is likely to be the hottest year in human history. With the climate crisis causing droughts and wildfires and having devastating effects on crops and animals, the Guardian has spoken to people living in some of the places that have been hit the hardest

Mike Noel, United States

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