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Cities threatened with more heat and heavy rain

China faces dramatic heat records and massive rainfall if the world misses the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement. With global warming of two degrees, seven percent of 369 cities studied would reach a new state of extreme heat, according to new research, the Carbon Brief trade service reported Wednesday. Sixty-five percent of cities would become significantly hotter.

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