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The Heat, Floods and Fire We Don’t Hear Enough About

From India to Turkey, it’s not just “crazy weather.” It’s the world at 1.2 degrees of global warming, explain climate scientists.

Vehicles drive through a waterlogged road after a heavy monsoon rainfall in Mumbai.

Vehicles drive through a waterlogged road after a heavy monsoon rainfall in Mumbai.

Photographer: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP

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Heatwaves in the U.S. and floods in western Europe have dominated the news cycle recently, forcing us to re-examine the relationship between climate change and extreme weather. Other catastrophes are going unnoticed.