Climate change-fueled heat records, stronger storms all but certain over next 5 years, scientists warn

Washington — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world's top weather agencies forecast.

There's an 80% chance the world will break another annual temperature record in the next five years, and it's even more probable that the world will again exceed the international temperature threshold set 10 years ago, according to a five-year forecast released Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization and the U.K. Meteorological Office.

Last year's record was just the latest in a decade of record-breaking heat, with every year since 2015 ranking among the 10 hottest ever recorded.