After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’

Photo caption: A firefighter lifts a woman suffering from heat exhaustion on to a stretcher in Eagle Pass, Texas on 26 June 2023. Inset: Noaa data shows 90 and 100F maximum heat in the US on the same day. Photo credit: Kaylee Greenlee Beal / Reuters. Article by Oliver Milman. The Guardian – August 26, 2023.

A freakish season of record temperatures, wildfire smoke and the destruction of Lahaina could soon become normal, climate experts say

It’s been a strange, cruel summer in the United States. From the dystopian orange skies above New York to the deadly immolation of a historic coastal town in Hawaii, the waning summer has been a stark demonstration of the escalating climate crisis – with experts warning that worse is to come. […]

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