"Global Temperatures Reach Extreme highs, breaking records" PBS NewsHour 7/7/2018

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SUMMARY:  Heat waves broke records around the world this week.  While Burbank airport in California touched 114 degrees, Montreal in Canada recorded a high of 97.9 degrees.  In Glasgow, Scotland, the Temperature was a record-breaking 89.4 degrees on June 28 and a new world record was set off the coast of Oman, where the temperature never dropped below 108.7 degrees for 24 hours.  Hari Sreenivasan reports.