World Meteorological Organization Says Last Week Was the Hottest Ever Recorded
The World Meteorological Organization said Monday that preliminary data shows last week was the hottest on record, a finding that was widely expected after global temperature records shattered in four consecutive days amid scorching heatwaves. Christopher Hewitt, the WMO’s director of climate services, said in a statement that “we are in uncharted territory and we can expect more records to fall...