Earth becoming hotter and dangerous - Report

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The U.N. Secretary-General warned Thursday that the Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, killing nearly a half-million people annually, and he blamed fossil fuels for driving global warming.

?Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic ? wilting under increasingly deadly heat waves, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius around the world. That?s 122 degrees Fahrenheit. And halfway to boiling,? Antonio Guterres told reporters.

Sunday was the Earth?s hottest day on record, only to have the record broken the following day. Temperatures have been rising steadily, with scientists declaring the last 13 consecutive months all heat record-breakers. Urban areas are heating up at twice the global average.

Heat waves have killed scores of people this year in India and in Africa?s Sahel region. Last month, extreme heat killed 1,300 Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. This month, Europe, the United States and Asia have also seen exceptional heat.

He said that the World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization estimate that improvements to heat health warning systems in 57 countries could save nearly 100,000 lives a year.