This story is from June 23, 2020
UN evaluates reports of record Arctic heat in Siberia
GENEVA: The UN weather agency is investigating media reports suggesting a new record high temperature of over 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees
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Agency spokeswoman Clare Nullis said wildfires in the Russian region and hot summer conditions regularly drive temperatures above 30 degrees C (86 F) in July, but they've never been found to top 38 degrees in the area.
``We're taking it seriously, but we need to await official confirmation,'' she told reporters in Geneva.
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amid a heatwave and prolonged wildfires in easternSiberia
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World Meteorological Organization
said Tuesday that it's looking to verify the temperature reading on Saturday in the Russian town of Verkoyansk with Roshydromet, the Russian federal service for hydro-meteorological and environmental monitoring.Agency spokeswoman Clare Nullis said wildfires in the Russian region and hot summer conditions regularly drive temperatures above 30 degrees C (86 F) in July, but they've never been found to top 38 degrees in the area.
``We're taking it seriously, but we need to await official confirmation,'' she told reporters in Geneva.
Top Comment
Kurt Dollinger
1603 days ago
We know that we are well into the era of global warming when we begin to hear about heat-waves north of the Arctic Circle. Verkoyansk, which is in northern Siberia, recorded a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit last week. This shatters any temperature records north of the Arctic Circle. This village is known to have recorded some of the coldest temperatures on earth, in the winter. It is also known for having the most extreme temperature fluctuations on earth, as one can imagine. Now we are seeing the effects of global warming around the world. Record high temperatures, droughts, locust invasions in various places around the world, including in Pakistan and India. Soon this world will be like a dried-out, over-heated shadow of its former self, no longer able to sustain life on earth. Now we have Covid-19. Next come the earthquakes. Watch for the earthquakes!Read allPost comment
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