Extreme heat becoming more frequent and intense, UN agency says

Periods of extreme heat are becoming more frequent, intense and longer-lasting as climate change warms the planet, the UN ‌weather agency said Tuesday, noting changes since the famously hot European summer of 1976. Parts of Europe are enduring their fifth heatwave of a summer marked by drought, wildfires and record-breaking temperatures. "Extreme heat ⁠is becoming more frequent, more intense, it's lasting longer, and covering much wider areas than in the cooler climates of the past," John Kenned