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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a forecast on Monday stating that this year’s El Nino is growing stronger and is expected to become the worst ever recorded.
The city of Phoenix breaks a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher according to weather officials. IMAGES
City workers clear the debris after Storm Poly hit Amsterdam this morning, causing major disruption and closing public transport and highways. All trains, buses and trams were stopped and 400 flights from Schiphol were cancelled as a result of the region's strongest summer storm on record. Fallen trees closed roads and damaged power lines and an Amsterdam tram collided with a delivery van at the height of the storm. Police say one person has been killed. IMAGES
Scientists in Britain say they have smashed a previous record for generating "sustained" fusion energy, on the protracted path towards harnessing a power source considered cheap and clean. A team at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility near Oxford in central England generated 59 megajoules of sustained energy during an experiment in December, more than doubling a 1997 record. SOUNDBITE
The closing bell rings at the New York stock exchange as Wall Street stocks conclude a roller-coaster year on a high note, reflecting optimism about 2021 despite broad weakness in the real economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the three major indices finished at all-time highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 30,606.48, up 0.7 percent, and the S&P 500 at 3,756.07, up 0.6 percent. IMAGES
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