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we are back with ou we are back with our climate challenge series and a dire, new report about earth s glaciers. they re melting at an astonishing rate with catastrophic consequences. anne thompson reports. reporter: today s u.n. report details the relentless advance of climate change on every continent, the world s glaciers shrinking at a dramatic pace before our eyes. it s not just that we re losing ice, but we re losing them faster and faster. reporter: the 40 glaciers tracked worldwide lost an average of 4.2 feet of ice in a year. in europe, the melting of the glaciers in the alps is off the chart. little winter snow and a summer heat wave exacerbated by dark dust from the saharan desert that trapped heat accelerating the record melt. this scientist showing nbc news the devastating impact in january. you can see that it s much more obvious than seeing just a graph with rising temperatures. reporter: in switzerland for the
face second-degree murder charges in connection with the violent death. in ohio officials say a train rail arement caused a large fire near the border with pennsylvania. images show large smoke plumes rising from the flames and filling the air. a local may your says emergency crews have been deployed to contain the fire and evacuate homes. the environmental protection agency is monitoring the air quality. there s been no reports and the cause is still unclear. chile declared some areas catastrophes after wildfires burned the area. declarations prompted the deployment of soldiers and resources to help the battle the flames. more than three dozen fires are raging damaging hundreds of homes and shelters are open for those who had to run for cover. they are in the midst of a summer heat wave. strong winds are threatening to
current they believe all staff and guests were able to evacuate but much of the hotel collapsed in the fire and the cause of fire is still under investigation. a brutal summer heat wave continues tonight. more than 50 million americans on alert for dangerous heat this weekend with triple digit temperatures in meteorologistologist gene norman joins me from the weather scene. it s about 8:00 in the central time zone and 100 degrees. houston feels like 105. new orleans feels like 101. new orleans getting a break. i ll show you why in a couple of seconds. that s because of storms. let s focus on that heat because it ll shift to louisiana and texas and stay there as it has for the past couple of days. eat index values climbing as high as 115.