Sun.Jul 28, 2019

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Scientists are getting better at predicting killer heat waves

Grist

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The City of Lights could be the City of Lights Out tomorrow as temperatures approach a record of 107 degrees. And Paris isn’t the only place sweltering in this week’s heat. Cyclists in the Tour de France are wearing stretchy sacks of ice around their necks as they race toward the Alps, while commuters on the London Underground carry spare water bottles, and Spanish firefighters battle w