Global heat records broken two days in a row

MORNING NEWSBREAK | July 21 was the hottest day on record around the world according to preliminary data from the European Union’s monitoring agency — until the next day — Monday, July 22. The world’s average surface air temperature reached 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, inching past the new record of 62.77 F set the day before, according to a story in The Washington Post. The record heat comes during a period when millions around the world are sweltering in heat waves, including people in Japan, China, the U.S. and...