2024 To Be Hottest Year In History

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In an alarming report, NASA says that 2024 will be the hottest year since records started to be kept in the mid-19th Century.

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According to Axios, “NASA’s top climate scientist, Gavin Schmidt, estimates that the chance of a new annual record being set in 2024 is greater than 99%.” It will best the 2023 record.

This year’s record heat will be blamed for some of the world’s worst weather catastrophes. These include Hurricanes Helene and Mliton, each of which hit the U.S. The worst rainstorm in 100 years hit Roswell, NM, just days ago. As five inches fell, two people were killed.

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Several places in the world had their hottest days on record. In the U.S., this included Las Vegas and Phoenix. Meanwhile, temperatures in some parts of India topped 120 degrees F and it was the hottest year in Europe.

Errachidia, Morocco, received 3 inches of rainfall, the most in two days in almost half a century. The UAE had record rain in April, which broke an all-time mark. The Amazon is having the worst drought in its history

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