Climate change means places like Murcia in Spain and Phoenix, Arizona are only getting hotter.
Millions of people in several parts of the world have been experiencing intense heat.
I'll be honest, we've retreated to our hotel room and - yes - the air conditioning, to finish our work.Lots of them say they believe global warming is reshaping the climate in the region in a dramatic way.The Sahara Desert is slowly creeping into Europe, was how one man described what he believes is happening.And the changes are raising fundamental questions about the future.
Getting here was a struggle, as a fire broke out last night and led to one of the island's major airports, Catania, being shut down.But in the last few years, Sicily has seen wildfires in the hottest months - which have devastated several areas of the island. Last summer, 55,000 hectares of land were lost.As Phoenix, Arizona continues to grapple with a series of scorching days, advocates have been left scrambling for solutions to keep the city's unhoused population safe in the heat.
The attitude of Phoenix's population towards the unhoused during the heat wave, he added, has been mixed. At a taco shop on the strip, the tables were all full of patrons dripping with sweat and looking utterly wiped out from the heat. Workers too were draped in the booths, not speaking to each other, but fanning themselves down.
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