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Media reaction: UK’s record-smashing 40C heatwave and climate change
Here are some of the records broken by the United Kingdom heat wave this week - The Washington Post
By Jason Samenow & Jacob Feuerstein
The UK just hit 40°C for the first time. It's a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia
By Andrew King
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Formerly TwitterMet Office
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📉 Last night was unusually cold for late April and the coldest night so far this month in the UK
Did you wake up to a frost? pic.twitter.com/LQWHjPDtVj
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Met Éireann
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#Onthisday 26th April in 1984, Glenties Co. Donegal recorded the highest shaded air temperature for the month of April of 25.8°C.
For more on weather extreme records➡️www.met.ie/climate/weather-extreme-records pic.twitter.com/5ZS044EVsK
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Scott Duncan
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Turkey 🇹🇷 has just hit a high of +39.2°C (102.6°F). This is the highest temperature recorded in the month of April for Turkey.
It is extremely hot in Africa too. Both Niger 🇳🇪 and Chad 🇹🇩 equal their respective April national records.
Meanwhile the chill continues in Europe... pic.twitter.com/GkPJ0Hrtoi
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Extreme Temperatures Around The World
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38.8 MANILA Ninoy Aquino AP Hottest day in Manila climatic history.
It took more than 110 years to reach those stubborn 1912/1915 heat waves records
Wait next tweets,spoiler:INSANITY IN THAILAND DOZENS STATIONS >43c with high humidity;worst heat wave in world climatic history pic.twitter.com/TjCW2L3GIJ
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By Becky Sullivan
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By Marianne Guenot
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By Karen Gilchrist
Europe heat wave 2022: U.K. temperatures break 40°C for first time
By Andrew Freedman & Ivana Saric
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By Nika Shakhnazarova
Day of 40C shocks scientists as UK heat record ‘absolutely obliterated’
By Damian Carrington