Top weather agencies warn that the world should get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes the globe to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes.

The United Nations' weather agency says there's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years.

A new report says there's nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years.

A new world weather agency forecast says it'll likely be so hot in the next five years that there's a 40% chance the globe will push past the temperature limit set by the Paris climate agreement.