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Central Europe swelters as heat wave moves east
A punishing heat wave loosened its grip on western Europe Wednesday and rolled eastwards, with Germany expected to record ...
Wildfire kills 2 people in Spain as parts of Europe bake in heat wave
A total of 6,500 hectares or 16,000 acres was burned before firefighters established a perimeter and declared the blaze under ...
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Europe’s heatwave dries fields and leaves farmers counting crop losses
Farmers across Europe are facing crop losses and rising costs after a fierce heatwave dried out fields and pushed irrigation ...
Panic in France as major landmark forced to close with 40C heat baking key city
A heatwave has swept across Europe and France on Tuesday, prompting widespread closures of landmarks and schools due to the ...
‘It’s 36 degrees - the village looks abandoned’: Life in a French heatwave
At 3pm it is 36 degrees but feels like 38. The village of Saint-Claud looks as if it has been abandoned. Step outside for ...
The increasingly dangerous weather pattern responsible for the brutal European heat wave
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal ...
Europe swelters under severe heatwave as temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius
Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy were some of the worst hit countries, with temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celcius.
As France faces heatwave, 'The gap between what needs to be done and the pace at which climate change is accelerating grows wider each year'
Geographer Magali Reghezza-Zitt says that emergency responses to heatwaves are no longer sufficient in the face of the ...