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Climate change turbocharged killer heat wave in Southwest US and Mexico, researchers say
Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month's killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found. #mexico #unitedstates #heatwave #climatechange
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