A man walks in the rain along a street in Austin, Texas, Nov. 11, 2022. Jay Janner/AP hide caption
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This Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, 1:10 p.m. EDT satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Hilary, right, off Mexico's Pacific coast. Scientists figure a natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation's midsection and other factors cooked up Hilary's record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada. (NOAA via AP) AP hide caption
Andres Matamoros wipes the sweat from his face while selling fresh fruit and cold coconuts from his roadside stand on June 28, 2023, in Houston. Nearly 400 daily maximum temperature records fell in the South in June and the first half of July, most of them in Texas. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
El Niño will likely continue into early 2024, driving even more hot weather
A security guard wipes sweat from his brow in Beijing, on July 3, 2023. Record-breaking heat is unfolding around the world because of human-caused climate change and the cyclic climate pattern El Niño. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Outdoor workers are vulnerable to prolonged heat waves like the one hitting Texas, which climate scientists warn are becoming more common. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Early morning hikers rest before walking down Piestewa Peak, a city park in Phoenix, Ariz. El Niño makes a record-breaking average annual temperature for Earth more likely. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Residents of Red Lodge, Mont., are seen clearing mud, water and debris from the small city's main street after flood waters coursed through a residential area with hundreds of homes. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption
Buried together, a child and a llama were part of a mass sacrificial killing that included more than 140 children and over 200 llamas in the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in coastal Peru near Trujillo. Gabriel Prieto/National Geographic hide caption
Sea ice melts off the beach of Barrow, Alaska, where Operation IceBridge is based for its summer 2016 campaign. Kate Ramsayer/NASA hide caption
As July's Record Heat Builds Through August, Arctic Ice Keeps Melting
A woman dries clothes in a failed maize field in the north of Malawi. Amos Gumulira/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A heat-stressed koala is doused with water in December 2015 during an extreme heat wave in Adelaide, Australia. Last year was the hottest on record, but 2016 is on pace to supplant it at the top of the list. Every month of this year has set heat records. Morne de Klerk/Getty Images hide caption
Scientists Report The Planet Was Hotter Than Ever In The First Half Of 2016
A man observes crashing waves from the Pacifica Pier in Pacifica, Calif., in January. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
A family sits at a candlelit table in the state of Barinas, 370 miles west of Caracas, on Monday. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The National Park Service says this year's wildflower bloom is the best one Death Valley has seen in years. National Park Service hide caption
New York City called a travel ban on vehicles in Times Square and elsewhere during last weekend's storm, which broke snowfall records all along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Yana Paskova/Getty Images hide caption
El Niño Does Bring Floods And Drought, But There's A Silver Lining
Locals recover belongings in a flooded neighborhood in Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, on Thursday. Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A man finds a bit of shade on the boardwalk at Brighton Beach in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A photo from May shows Gino Celli checking his parched crops near his farm near Stockton, Calif. If predictions of a strong El Niño prove true, it could presage a relief from the region's prolonged drought. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption