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One Thing: Welcome to Hot World Summer

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the month of July, scorching temperatures have broken records on several continents — the latest in a trend caused by the climate crisis. Meanwhile, in the US, extreme rainfall has led to devastating floods and toxic wildfire smoke has drifted down from Canada, prompting unhealthy air alerts in multiple cities. In today’s episode, we break down why this moment is uniquely dangerous and look at how the climate crisis is already forcing people’s hands about where to live.  Guest: Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. My younger sister lives in Phoenix and I was talking to her the other day about how her dogs are dealing with this extreme heat. She says it's so bad they run around in the

0:45.1

backyard for about five minutes and then want to come right back in. Walking them

0:49.4

on the pavement is pretty much a no-go, both for the animals and the human and who can blame them it is not

0:55.2

dip below 110 degrees Fahrenheit there since June the low yes the low was 97 early Wednesday.

1:04.0

It feels like if hot sauce could be felt without you having a taste.

1:10.0

Like, and it got poured on my bag.

1:13.0

That is just a tiny, tiny snapshot of the pain

1:16.7

millions and millions of people are facing around the world right now.

1:21.2

You know we've had globally the hottest temperature on record back July 3rd.

1:26.6

Well every day since then we have surpassed the old record.

1:31.3

And as this climate change fueled heat wave drags on, experts say buckle up.

1:36.0

Even though this is the hottest planet Earth has ever been,

1:39.0

this could actually be the coldest summer of the rest of your life.

1:46.2

My guest this week is CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir.

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