The 10 deadliest extreme weather events of the previous two decades, which contributed to some 570,000 deaths, were all intensified by human-caused climate change, according to a new study from World Weather Attribution.

The events in question comprised three hurricanes, four heatwaves, two floods and a drought. Each of the events had features intensified by either climate change or its downstream effects, the study found. For example, Somalia’s 2011 drought, which contributed to 258,000........

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