A deadly heat wave in July that left people and wildlife struggling in Norway, Sweden and Finland was made at least 10 times more likely because of human-induced climate change, a rapid analysis has found. Scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global research network analyzing extreme weather events, said in their latest analysis that the heat wave that started July 9 and lasted two weeks was unusual for its intensity and prolonged duration. In Norway, two local monitoring stations broke records for temperatures above 30° Celsius (86° Fahrenheit) 13 days in a row, while Finland experienced its longest streak of 30°C temperatures. The heat triggered multiple forest fires, 200 of which occurred in northern Sweden, said Erik Kjellström, report co-author from the Swedish Meteo

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