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Siberia temperatures hit a record for June as wildfires spread

"The big link that people need to make — it's far away and it's sparsely populated but it still has a big impact on everybody."

By Emma Farge, Reuters, Vladimir Soldatkin, Reuters July 7, 2020
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GENEVA/MOSCOW — Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June, more than 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, in a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, European Union data showed on Tuesday.

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