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Evening Standard
Emily Beament

REVEALED: Searing heat this week made 100 times more likely by climate change study - The Real Truth

This kind of heatwave earlier in the summer is more deadly as people are less acclimatised to coping with the warmer conditions, experts warned (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Searing temperatures of 32C this week have been made 100 times more likely because of human-caused climate change, scientists said.

A rapid study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) research group also found the current heatwave in the south-east of England was around 10 times more likely than without human activity warming the planet.

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