‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? Scorching summer of 2003…
Fourth child dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east
People cool off at a mist fountain at Place du Trocadero in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty ImagesView image…
UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act
People drink and fill water bottles at a fountain in a London park. The temperature rose to 36.9C in Suffolk.…
‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave
The heatwave across western Europe is breaking records, making daily life a challenge for many. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView…
Europe heatwave live: UK June heat record broken for third day in a row; France and Belgium cancel events
The Met Office has just confirmed that a new provisional record for the hottest June day has been set once…
European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say
The Met Office has extended its red heat-health alert by 24 hours, to 11pm on Friday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPAView image…
UK and Switzerland record hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge in Europe
A woman drinks water in London on Thursday. The UK had its highest ever June temperature for the second day…
Europe braced for another day of extreme heat as warnings issued across UK, France and Italy – live
Harriet RichardsAssistant environment editor Simon Stiell, the UN climate chief, warned that “Europe’s savage heatwave has the fingerprints of the…
Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country? – podcast
Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country? – podcast 00:00:0000:00:00 Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red…
Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns
El Niño typically brings drier conditions to Central America, northern South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Indonesia and parts of south…