Swiss climatologist Sonia Seneviratne warns that the heatwave season is expanding, underscoring growing climate risks.
MeteoSwiss says this May is the fourth hottest in Switzerland since records began in 1864, at 1.8°C above average.
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Europe is sweltering under unseasonal May heat, with temperatures exceeding 30° degrees Celsius (86° Fahrenheit) in several countries and records tumbling. Swiss climatologist Sonia Seneviratne warns that the heatwave season is expanding, underscoring growing climate risks.
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