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‘El Niño is a distraction’: Why Europe’s deadly heatwave isn’t down to a natural weather phenomenon

Euronews · Jun 24, 2026, 5:00 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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Europeans are sweltering under the latest heatwave, which experts say is being “amplified by long-term warming” – not El Niño.

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‘El Niño is a distraction’: Why Europe’s deadly heatwave isn’t down to a natural weather phenomenon

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