{
    "byline": "Ajit Niranjan",
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    "excerpt": "The scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was the worst on record, a report has found, with more than half the continent seared by \u201cvery strong\u201d heat stress that felt hotter than 38C.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 3984,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe\u2019s summer paints grim picture for the future"
}