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Climate change: Deadly African heatwave ‘impossible’ without warming
A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.
- Matt McGrath
- BBC
Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.
A separate study on drought in Southern Africa said El Niño was to blame, rather than climate change.
A number of countries in the…