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August 8, 2022

Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods in California's Death Valley
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In climate news, California's Death Valley National Park received a
year's worth of rainfall within just three hours last Friday, triggering
flash floods that left about a thousand people temporarily stranded. A
study by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found such
monsoon rain events are becoming more intense as a result of the climate
crisis.

Meanwhile, Iran has just recorded its hottest-ever temperature in the
month of August. On Friday, the southwestern city of Ahvaz hit 53
degrees Celsius - or nearly 130 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat index was a
staggering 142 degrees.


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