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Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says

Jan. 24, 2025 08:56 AM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a new report Friday. UNICEF said it amounted to one...