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A young girl walks in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, after Cyclone Chido. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says

The United Nations Children’s Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather.

Ricky Leath, an outreach specialist with the City of Miami, talks with Bei Zhao, right, as he works with the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust to distribute bottles of water and other supplies to the homeless population, helping them manage high temperatures, May 15, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

In this photo released by the State Control Centre, Country Fire Authority personnel watch as smoke billows from an out of control bushfire in the Grampians National park, in Victoria state, Australia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (State Control Centre via AP)

Heat wave leads to warnings of potentially devastating wildfires in southern Australia

FILE - A sign displays an unofficial temperature as jets taxi at Sky Harbor International Airport at dusk, July 12, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Phoenix hits record October highs during heat wave before wrapping up its warm season

FILE - A linesman works on power lines under the morning sun, July 12, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Phoenix weathers 100 days of 100-plus degree temps as heat scorches western US

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Cool weather gives tropical Bangkok unaccustomed shivers

The tropical capital of Thailand is going through an unusually cool run of weather, which forecasters say could last until mid-February. (AP video shot by Haruka Nuga, Tian MacLeod Ji and Bill Bredesen)

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Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

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Chicago residents find ways to cope with a 2nd day of heat wave

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More extreme heat plus more people equals danger in these California cities

Construction workers start their day as the sun rises on the new Republic Airlines headquarters building in Carmel, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

From cold towels to early dismissal, people are finding ways to cope with a 2nd day of heat wave

Seven-year-old Harper Perkins, center, and her sister Brielle, of Princeton, Minn., cool off in a misting fountain at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Fair-goers scorched by heartland heat wave take refuge under misters as some schools let out early

Tubers float the cool Comal River as temperatures in South Texas hit triple-digit numbers, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in New Braunfels, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Triple-digit temperatures scorch Texas as millions across Southwest under excessive heat warnings

FILE - Amadou Coulibaly, a motorcycle taxi driver, drinks a sachet water to cool off under a blazing sun in Bamako, Mali, on April, 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Extreme heat increasingly endangers children in West and Central Africa, UNICEF says

FILE - Margarita Salazar wipes sweat off her brow inside her home amid high heat in Veracruz, Mexico, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways

JP Lantin, right, owner of Total Refrigeration, and service tech Michael Villa, left, work on replacing a fan motor on an air conditioning unitas temperatures are expected to hit 117-degrees Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Phoenix. Most of the Maricopa County's 645 heat-related deaths last year were outdoors, but 156 people died in their homes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Top US health official acknowledges more federal money for utility help is needed for extreme heat

FILE - A person wipes sweat from their brow at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif., July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil, File)

Extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds

Finding Reno’s hot spots; volunteers to measure Northern Nevada’s warmest neighborhoods

Total Refrigeration service tech Michael Villa works on an air conditioning unit as temperatures are expected to hit 117-degrees Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Phoenix. Most of the Maricopa County's 645 heat-related deaths last year were outdoors, but 156 people died in their homes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity

Heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices and banks. Electricity consumption soars

Heatstroke patients receive treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs

Texas deaths from Hurricane Beryl climb to at least 36 people, including more who lost power during scorching heat

Children cool themselves off in a public fountain in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 25, 2024. A heat wave warning was issued in Seoul as temperatures soared 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as ‘extreme heat epidemic’ breaks records

Firefighters hose down hot spots at Noel Piri's home that was destroyed by the Hawarden Fire in Riverside, Calif., on Sunday, July 21, 2024. (Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP)

Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds

High temperatures trigger widespread fishing restrictions in Montana, Yellowstone

The sun rises behind a field of sunflowers at the 'Harz' mountains near Wernigerode, Germany, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Spain heats up under 1st heatwave of the year as Southern Europe swelters

A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C. Erechtheion temple, as at the background is seen smoke from a fire , during a hot, windy day at Acropolis hill , in Athens, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Much of Greece was also sweltering in a heat wave due to last until the end of the week, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 42 degrees Celsius (over 107 degrees Fahrenheit).(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece shuts Acropolis, 2 firefighters killed in Italy as southern Europe swelters in a heat wave

FILE - Members of the Henderson Fire Department load Deb Billet, 66, into an ambulance before transporting her to the hospital for heat-related symptoms, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. Heat is the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide. But because investigations of suspected heat deaths can take months, and mishmash of methods counties use to count them, we really don't know exactly how many people died in the most recent heat wave stretching back to July 1. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US

FILE - Tourists with an umbrella walk in front of the Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis in central Athens, June 12, 2024. June 2024 was the hottest June on record, according to Europe's Copernicus climate service on Monday, July 8. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

New heat wave in Greece expected to last at least a week. North Macedonia also swelters

Members of the Henderson Fire Department prepare to take Deb Billet, 66, to the hospital for heat-related symptoms, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. Billet has been living on the street. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US

Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars is cost of extreme heat in California

A stop sign warns tourists of extreme heat at Badwater Basin, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (Daniel Jacobi II/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths

Commuters walk on railway tracks after trains were disrupted due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world

A long exposure image of the thermostat at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center taken just after 10:00 p.m., in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024. Forecasters say a heat wave could break previous records across the U.S., including in Death Valley. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths

Children play in a water park on a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods

People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. A heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East

A water-dropping helicopter drops on flames from the advancing Lake Fire in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S.

A person cools off during the Waterfront Blues Festival on Friday, July 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A slow-moving and potentially record-setting heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Records tumble as dangerous heat wave scorches the US West and beyond, with the worst yet to come