June comes to an end with an exceptional heatwave!
In Canada and around the world, record high temperatures soar leading to major impacts. Read more in the report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO):
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/june-ends-exceptional-heat
This unprecedent event is having multiple major impacts: heat stress in people, animals and vegetation; air quality (pollutants due to hot stable air); forest fire risk; possibility of landslides caused by glacier melting in mountains; damages and malfunctioning of infrastructure and transport systems not prepared for such high temperatures; and many other social and economic risks.
World Meteorological Association
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