Last week the hottest worldwide on record: UN

A photo shows a grain field in Unna, western Germany on July 5, 2023. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/ AFP)

Agence France-Presse

The beginning of July was the hottest week on record globally, according to early data from the World Meteorological Organization Monday, after a series of scorching days saw global temperature records tumble.

“The world just had the hottest week on record, according to preliminary data,” the WMO said in a statement, after climate change and the early stages of the El Nino weather pattern drove the hottest June on record.

-ag

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