Fires are burning across the breadth of Canada, blanketing parts of the eastern United States with choking, orange-gray smoke.
Puerto Rico is under a severe heat alert as are other parts of the world.
Human-caused climate change is a force behind extremes like these.
Scientists are also warning that before the end of the year a global weather pattern known as El Niño could arrive, potentially setting new heat records.
Taken together, the week’s extremes offer one clear takeaway: The world’s richest continent remains unprepared for the hazards of the not-too-distant future.
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