OCTOBER THIS YEAR THE HOTTEST ON RECORD

BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 6 /SRNA/ – October this year was the hottest October since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has announced.

The statement said that it was now "virtually certain that temperatures will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels," Reuters reported.

According to Copernicus data, this is the second consecutive year in which record temperatures have been recorded in October.