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People cool off under a water curtain as Poland faces extreme heat, in Warsaw, Poland, June 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The most severe heatwave ever recorded in Europe roasted central and eastern parts of the continent on Monday (June 29, 2026) and began to creep over Ukraine, which scrambled to prepare its war-ravaged…
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A cyclist stops to fill his bottle at a water fountain on the Vistula River boulevards, amid a heatwave in Warsaw, Poland, on June 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization said on Sunday (June 28, 2026) that over 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in connection…
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France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency said on Sunday (June 28, 2026), as Europeans elsewhere were suffering through yet another day of new temperature highs that sparked wildfires in Germany and had Berlin police using water cannons to cool down…
From Scandinavia to the Alps, Europeans endured sweltering conditions on Saturday (June 27, 2026) as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths spread eastwards, with record-breaking temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some spots. Denmark logged its highest-ever temperature after Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany had all experienced record heat in June…
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Europe is reeling under an intense heatwave, with health alerts issued across western and central regions as temperatures surge to record levels. With the continent warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organization has cautioned that Europe faces a rising risk of prolonged spells of extreme heat. Among the drivers of…
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Tourists protecting themselves from the sun under umbrellas walk past the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum as the museum closes early due to the heatwave, as temperatures rise in Paris, France, June 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The heatwave scorching Europe has the fingerprints of climate change all over it and is “the…
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Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday (June 24, 2026), with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35C, most of them in France and Spain. AFP estimates based on analysis of forecasts from the German weather service and 2025 population projections from Europe’s Joint Research Centre suggest maximum…
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Forty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas in France since the weekend, the prime minister said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026), as people tried to escape a heatwave sweeping across much of Europe. Britain, Italy and Spain are also sweltering in extreme heat, with record temperatures in some regions disrupting schools and transport…
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France banned alcohol in red-alert areas on Sunday (June 21, 2026), Spain and Germany cancelled or postponed sports events and Britain warned of “tropical nights” as Europe sweltered through a heatwave threatening to break June temperature records. Less than a month after a May heatwave that set records in several European countries, the continent is…
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A woman with a hand fan stands on the Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower as temperatures rise in Paris during a second heatwave affecting a large part of France. | Photo Credit: Reuters France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and cancelling some outdoor sports events…