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Don't worry about that squirrel 'splooting' — it's just trying to beat the heat

LOS ANGELES -- Last week, during California's worst September heat wave on record, Akvile DeFazio noticed the squirrels in her La Verne neighborhood acting weird: "just plastered on the sidewalk," she said, not moving.

Los Angeles Times

2022's supercharged summer of climate extremes: How global warming and La Niña fueled disasters on top of disasters

There’s an old joke about the fellow who has his left foot in a bucket of ice water and the right in a bucket of hot water, so that his overall temperature is average. That seems to apply to the climate during 2022’s northern summer of extremes: Overall, the planet…

The Conversation

Met Eireann forecast four weeks of unusual weather for this time of year in Ireland

Above average temperatures will help us ease into the autumn months

Irish Mirror

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Climate change is making people angrier online

Climate change is making us angrier online. A lot angrier.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong sees record for hottest day in September broken twice

Hong Kong recorded 35.4 degrees Celsius (95.7 Fahrenheit), the hottest September day since recording began in 1884.

Al Jazeera

Megadrought in the American south-west: a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years

As heat, fires and water wars become the norm, the Guardian explores the fallout of prolonged drought in a multi-part series

The Guardian - US

California sizzled in a record heatwave this week. We mapped where it was hottest

As one of the most brutal September heat events dragged on, the red numbers climbed ever higher

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Temperatures smash records in US west as brutal heatwave continues

Records broken in Sacramento and Reno, while California close to ordering rolling blackouts to ease strain on power grid

The Guardian - US

The hottest September day on Earth was just recorded in Death Valley

California’s brutal heat wave led to unthinkable temperatures in the desert valley.

Mic

East Med Especially at Risk as World Heats Up, Report Warns

The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says. The region…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Heat wave sets new records in Southern California on Sunday

LOS ANGELES — Excessive heat warnings will remain in place for the next few days, as searing temperatures continue to roast much of Southern California, increasing the risk of brush fires and putting a mounting strain on the state’s power grid.

Los Angeles Times

With more sizzling summers, Colorado changes how heat advisories are issued

Colorado’s climate is so dry that reaching the thresholds for a heat advisory is nearly impossible

Salon

Climate change fuelled joint hottest English summer ever recorded, experts say

Temperatures reached a high of 40.3C at one point

Manchester Evening News

46 large fires burn across 8 states as heat wave grips U.S. West

"Critical fire weather, including low relative humidity and gusty winds, is forecast from northern California into Montana Friday," NWS warns.

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New Zealand reports warmest and wettest winter on record

It is the third straight year Aotearoa has broken the heat record, while sea surface temperatures were also the warmest ever

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Japan’s hottest city to give out umbrellas to protect children from sun

After an increase in the number of days when the mercury rose to at least 35C, 9,000 yellow fibreglass umbrellas will be handed out to children in Kumagaya

Axios

Brutal heat dome envelops the West, bringing record-breaking temperatures

The heat could set all-time records, along with hundreds of daily milestones.

Los Angeles Times

Death Valley braces for 124-degree temperatures as heat wave broils California

LOS ANGELES — An unforgiving heat wave will smother Southern California over the Labor Day weekend and Death Valley could see temperatures reach 124 degrees.

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A vicious ‘heat dome’ is broiling California, and the extreme temperatures keep worsening

LOS ANGELES — The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a “heat dome,” a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades into fall. But climate change is worsening the dome’s effects and making it more…

The Independent UK

UN weather agency predicts rare 'triple-dip' La Nina in 2022

The U.N. weather agency is predicting the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect on climate patterns like drought and flooding worldwide

The Guardian - US

Brutal heatwave scorches US west, sparking fires and health warnings

Several California cities broke heat records, rising as high as 112F in the LA suburbs, and blazes erupted as residents were forced to flee

Bristol Post

Bristol weather: BBC forecasts thunderstorms during '89 continuous hours' of rain

It follows some of the driest conditions reported in 90 years

Axios

Record heat wave underway in Southwest, with brutal Labor Day weekend predicted

The heat wave is set to culminate with a dangerously hot Labor Day weekend across much of the West.

Tribune News Service

With more sizzling summers, Colorado changes how heat advisories are issued

For all the images of ski resorts and snow-capped peaks, Colorado is experiencing shorter winters and hotter summers that are increasingly putting people at risk for heat-related illnesses. Yet until this year, the National Weather Service hadn’t issued a heat advisory for the Denver metropolitan area in 13 years.

Bristol Post

UK weather: 'Heavy' showers will bring abrupt end to summer

There will also be "plenty of warm sunny spells"

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