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‘Deafening cacophony of broken records’ as 2023 set to be hottest year on record

Source: AP

It is virtually certain that 2023 will be the hottest year on record after “a deafening cacophony of broken records”, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said.

April through to October saw record high monthly temperatures in the oceans while July was probably the hottest month on land in the last 120,000 years, scientists believe.

Extreme flooding from Cyclone Daniel killed thousands of, wildfires in burnt 18.5 million hectares – an area bigger than and – and severe drought in emptied reservoirs and pushed the country close to running out of fresh water.

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