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Intense heat waves, scorching temperatures and extreme weather in Europe, US and Asia
By Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN
Updated 7:06 a.m. ET, July 18, 2023
What we're covering
Blisteringly high temperatures are being reported across the world, breaking records on multiple continents — the latest in a trend caused by the climate crisis. The first week of July was the hottest week on record, data shows.
In the United States, millions of people in the Southwest and South face dangerously high temperatures. Some places, like Texas and Arizona, have endured a weekslong heat streak.
The heat has primed the land for fires in places like Spain and Greece. Smoke from wildfires in Canada is triggering unhealthy air warnings across the northern tier of the US.
Meanwhile, torrential rains have inundated parts of Japan, China, South Korea and India, upending the lives of millions and causing flash floods, landslides and power cuts.