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Forest fires engulfed homes when a heatwave hit Russia in 2010

US and Russia will soon face mega-heatwaves from climate change

19 March 2018

In the coming decades Russia will experience worse heatwaves than the 2010 event, which killed 55,000 people, while the US will bake in the West and Great Lakes regions
wildfire

Extreme wildfires in the US could lead to long-term lung damage

12 September 2017

This year’s exceptional wildfire season could drag on until December, and the resulting air pollution poses a serious risk to people’s health

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