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 The hottest day ever registered globally for 2024  is "July 21" with a daily average temperature of 17.16°C

The C3S also predicts that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first year with a temperature above 1.5°C.

The C3S's ERA5 reanalysis dataset, which began in 1940

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The name of the recent cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 2024 is Cyclone Dana.

It made landfall on October 24, 2024, affecting the states of Odisha and West Bengal, with wind speeds of up to 120 km/h

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The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season named Black Summer

The fires reached their peak during the summer months, from December 2019 to February 2020.

The extent of Damage:

• By early 2020, the bushfires had ravaged vast areas of Australia,
• burning an estimated 18 million hectares (44.5 million acres),
• destroying over 3,000 homes,
• and killing at least 33 people.

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The United States has informally raised with Turkey the unlikely possibility of sending its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

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• WHO declared loneliness a "pressing health threat", and has launched a new commission to foster social connection as a priority in all countries.
• WHO: World Health Organization
• Declared in 2023
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The United Nations has announced that it has recognized a new record-high temperature of 18.3°C or 64.9°F set on the Antarctic continent on February 06, 2020.

The previous 17.5°C or 63.5°F record that was also set at the same location in March 2015.

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Milton is a hurricane.

It hit several states of United States of America in October 2024.

This hurricane killed dozens of people in the USA.

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On January 26, 2020, basketball player Kobe Bryant crashed in Calabasas, California,

His daughter also died in a crash with him

He entered the National Basketball Association in 1996

During his 20-year pro career, He won in addition to his NBA title

• Two gold medals in the Olympics
• Two NBA final MVPs and a regualar season MVP in 2008.

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Cyclone Mora brought devastation in Bangladesh in 2017.

It made landfall in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on 30 May 2017.

It affected 3.3 million people in four districts.

It Caused seven deaths in three of those districts

It damaged more than 100,000 houses 

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