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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Noah Berger/AP/Shutterstock (13057572c) Firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif Western Wildfires, Klamath National Forest, United States - 30 Jul 2022

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‘Dry lightning’ sparked the most destructive wildfires in California

Nearly half of the lightning strikes in northern California over the past three decades occurred on days with little to no rain, sparking some of the most destructive wildfires in the state’s history

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Technology

Heatwave is forcing some UK firms to turn off high-power computers

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UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40°C heat

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Sign showing temperature of 43°C.

Health

Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Goldman/AP/Shutterstock (12856458a) A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, . Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average Hot Poles, Nuup Kangerlua Fjord, Greenland

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Arctic and Antarctic see extreme heat and historically low sea ice

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TOPSHOT - A man paddles his kayak next to a submerged bus on a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

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Record flooding in Australia driven by La Niña and climate change

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Lighting, thunder and severe weather on the Great Plains

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Lightning flash measuring 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded

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A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RAP9BI0EP

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2021 in review: Weather records aren’t just broken, they’re smashed

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Can we fix climate models to better predict record-shattering weather?

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