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Extreme Summer: How climate change turned a season of joy into a season of disaster

The Washington Post · Washington Post Staff · last updated

In recent years, hardly a day has gone by during the summer season without warnings of record-breaking heat, wildfire smoke, flash floods and disasters, or fast-escalating hurricanes. Air quality has declined, traditions have been suspended, and what has historically been a season of joy for millions of people has turned in a season of anxiety.

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