These temperatures have been related to heat waves in large parts of North America, Asia and Europe, which along with wildfires in countries including Canada and Greece, have had major impacts on people's health, the environment and economies, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a"The era of global warming has ended.
WMO predicts there is 66 per cent chance of temporarily exceeding 1.5 C above the 1850-1900 average for at least one of the next five years. In Arizona, Phoenix saw 27 days in a row of temperatures exceeding 43.3 C on Wednesday. Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located, reported recently that there were 18 heat-associated deaths between April 11 and July 15. Another 69 deaths remain under investigation. There were 425 heat-associated deaths in the United States last year.
In China, temperatures in the country's northwest Sanbao township soared to a high of 52.2 C last week, breaking the national record.Record number of hectares scorched in Canada