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submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The two-day shutdown comes at a time of record-breaking extreme heat across the globe, with July poised to be the hottest month in history.

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[–] Lodra@programming.dev 41 points 1 year ago

Precedented

[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do they mean “poised to be?” Its august 2nd.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd imagine official verification and so forth is yet to come.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

And August could be hotter.