Given all the heavy news swirling around these past few weeks, we wanted to try to bring the temperature down a little. So here it is: drinks to help you cool down.
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Border town firefighters scramble to save migrants from extreme summer heat
Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border.
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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
Collective prayers and struggles are core to Islam’s Hajj, but heat took a toll this year: Hundreds died and thousands sought treatment for heat exhaustion.
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Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S
As New England sweated through a record heat wave, Montana got rare late-June snow. Firefighters are battling wildfires out West, while forecasters eye another possible tropical storm in the Atlantic.
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National security experts warn that extreme weather threatens elections this year
National security professionals are warning that there’s a growing threat to global elections — one that is on par with disinformation, foreign interference and even the threat of political violence.
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Does global warming cause extreme weather?
Yes. Global warming increases the intensity of our weather because it causes temperatures to rise, which leads to more water evaporation. When those larger amounts of water come back down, they lead to bigger storms.
