In Romania, extreme weather events are intensifying. While eastern parts of the country are slowly recovering from Storm Boris, the south is suffering from drought and desertification. Romania is one of the EU’s main exporters of cereals, but heatwave…
In Marseille, I find agency bosses desperate to fill shifts, families desperate to secure care for loved ones and a system that places no value on the workWho keeps Europeโs wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east โ and I went u…
Madrid study finds people from below-average income groups more likely to die in heatwavesScorching temperatures across Europe have killed tens of thousands of people in recent years. But as fatalities rise, researchers are finding that one group is di…
The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest surface temperature with a daily median of 28.9 degrees Celsius on Thursday, according to Spanish researchers, topping a previous record set last month. For two successive summers, the Mediterraneanย has been w…
Number of people seeking emergency care for heat-related illnesses is up in cities including Rome, Florence and VeniceThe number of people accessing emergency care for heat-related illnesses has risen sharply in some of Italyโs most popular tourist cit…
Still struggling after an intense heatwave, some farmers fear losses of up to 90% of all of their crops.
Samira Shackle and Jeff Goodell explain the dangers resulting from extreme heat, and what society can do to mitigate themDavid Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a n…
Intensifying heatwaves pose important questions to society, says public health expert Mathilde Pascale.
Experts say it’s time to act to avoid more climate-based disasters across Europe and urge European leaders to address the concerning trends in weather across the continent.
Scientists said a heatwave that has stretched across Mediterranean countries would have been 3 degrees Celsius cooler were it not for years of fossil fuel emissions.
Spain, Romania and Greece are a few of the countries battling this summer’s extreme temperatures.
Also in this newsletter: a record heatwave takes its toll in Greece
Tourists and residents swelter in heat as temperatures rise to 44C in Spain, with forest fires in Greece and CroatiaA fierce heatwave is continuing to roll across southern and central Europe, bringing temperatures of up to 44C (111.2F) to parts of Spai…
Bulgaria expects help from EU countries to tackle the fires caused by the heatwave that has swept the country over the past two weeks, as large fires are reported almost hourly nationwide.
Greece experiencing most severe wildfire risk in two decades and some reservoirs hit lowest levels in a decadeSouthern and eastern Europe will continue to experience a heatwave throughout much of this week, with daytime temperatures across the Balkans …
The latest red alert comes as a sizzling heat wave sends temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places.
He was keen to impress in his new job just as a heatwave was gripping the country. What can David Azevedoโs story tell us about the threat increasingly extreme weather poses to human health?For Anne-Marie Azevedo, 13 July 2022 started off like a normal…
Whether itโs swapping southern France or Mallorca for the UK or Scandinavia, rising temperatures are changing habitsLike many Parisians, Mathilde Martin used to escape to the south of France at the height of the summer. But three years ago, a blisterin…
After a recent spell of bad weather, the sun is returning and temperatures will spike, with a change of up to 15 degrees in some areas.
The 56-year-old tourist was visiting the volcano near Naples with his family as temperatures in Italy reached 40CA British man has died of a suspected heart attack after ascending to the crater of Mount Vesuvius during a family holiday.The tourist, nam…
A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday (21 June), disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave.
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro suffer simultaneous power cuts as the region swelters in a heatwave.
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro suffer simultaneous power cuts as the region swelters in a heatwave.
We want to hear from people in parts of Europe that are experiencing high temperatures Though the summer has only just begun, parts of southern Europe are already experiencing scorching temperatures, with Greece recording its earliest ever heatwave las…
A number of tourists have gone missing as Greece suffers its earliest heatwave on record.
A number of tourists have gone missing as Greece suffers its earliest heatwave on record.
Call for better trail signage and backing for walking clubs as concerns grow over tourists encountering searing heatWith Greece gripped by unusually high temperatures, fears are growing that foreign visitors are not aware or being properly informed of …
The Athens Acropolis, Greece’s most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the season’s earliest-ever heatwave swept the country, prompting school closures and health warnings. The culture ministry had …
Temperatures expected to reach 43C in Athens and across country, prompting school closures and health warnings The Acropolis, Greeceโs most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the seasonโs earliest-ev…
Temperatures in Bucharest have spiked at 34 degrees Celsius in the shade and the extreme heat is expected to affect 12 counties.
Heavy rainfall and storms wreak havoc across northern Italy, France and Germany, whilst southern Italy endures an unseasonal heatwave.
Meteorological agencies indicate coming June, July and August โmore likely than notโ to be warmer than average
Unusually high temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius have been recorded across the south of Spain over the weekend. The country’s national weather agency said parts of the country have been 10 degrees Celsius hotter than normal at this time of the y…
Firefighters backed by water-dropping helicopters battle blaze that broke out in area of Spanish Canary island ravaged by fire in AugustA wildfire raging on Spainโs holiday island of Tenerife amid unseasonably hot temperatures has forced the evacuation…
Since March 2023, Scotland’s waters have been gripped by an unprecedented Category 4 marine heatwave, causing mass marine mortalities.
Belgium officially registered its first-ever September heatwave on Friday (8 September), as temperatures in Brussels topped 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) for a fifth straight day, the country’s meteorological agency said.
Speaker forced to intervene as sweltering MPs argue about concrete.
Temperature records broken in France and red alerts issued in Italy as late summer heatwave continues in southern EuropeFirefighters in Greece have battled more than 200 blazes in the past 48 hours, officials say, as swaths of southern Europe bake in a…
France is currently experiencing summerโs most intense heatwave with record temperatures recorded in the south of the country, including in hospitals where some care workers are struggling. This heatwave is “unprecedented in its duration and inte…
Grape-pickers in wine-producing regions of southern France have been advised to start work on the harvest in the early hours of the morning to avoid sweltering in a late summer heatwave.
Officials working to identify people found in Alexandroupolis region as firefighters battle second wave of firesThe bodies of 18 people have been found in an area of north-east Greece where firefighters are battling a major wildfire, authorities have s…
France on Monday afternoon issued a โred alertโ for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, with temperatures expected to peak at 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Rhone valley.
Weather ballon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late-summer heatwave A Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented 5,300 metres (17,400ft) before the temperature fell to 0C (32F), meteorologists have said, as a late…
Tens of millions of people in France sweated through a late summer heatwave on Monday, with record temperatures expected in the wine-growing Rhone valley region and a forest fire also blazing in the southeast.
Mainland France is facing a heatwave with temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius forecast for Toulouse and Lyon.
Forecast models indicate that a heatwave will persist across much of Poland through this week, with temperatures reaching 30 ยฐC across much of the country.
The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet – especially during a heatwave.
Wildfire that erupted in Odemira on Saturday has scorched thousands of hectares and forced evacuation of 1,400 peopleNearly 1,000 firefighters in Portugal have been scrambling to contain a wildfire that has raged for four days and forced the evacuation…
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
Homeless people are some of the most vulnerable to death during a heatwave. This what it’s like living in an encampment in Phoenix, Arizona.
Official blames arsonists for the majority of 667 blazes that have spread in the extreme weatherMost of the 667 fires that have erupted across Greece in recent weeks were started โby human handโ, the countryโs senior climate crisis official has said.As…
With summer well under way around Europe, the sun has started to set on the political season at large. Yet, we still have Spain, after the countryโs politics was paralysed following the results of snap parliamentary elections last weekend. #StateOfTheU…
The heatwave that has been scorching southern Europe has increased the risk of fires and heat-related deaths in Italy.
Weather forecasters wrongly accused of using misleading data to “drive fear”.
Drone footage from the island of Rhodes in Greece, which has been hit be a string of fierce wildfires, gives an idea of the scale of destruction left by the blaze. The footage, from the towns of Asklipio and Kiotari, shows the charred embers of several…
The heatwave that has been scorching southern Europe has increased the risk of fires and heat-related deaths in Italy.
Wildfires spread across nine Mediterranean countries, killing at least 40 people, most of them in Algeria. Algerian authorities said 34 people had died in the mountainous northern region, with neighbouring Tunisia similarly battling wildfires. Across t…
Authorities ordered the evacuation of a handful of communities in central Greece on Wednesday (26 July) as they battled new fire fronts in the country, supercharged by strong winds and heatwave temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius.
Hotter and dryer summers and wetter winters expected as global warming accelerates
There were few people to be seen in Mystras as temperatures were forecast to reach 46CโItโs hot,โ said Panagiotis Vahaviolos, with some understatement. โSo hot itโs a little difficult to move.โ On the hottest day of the longest and most intense heatwav…
More than 600 firefighters battled a wildfire on Tuesday near the the popular holiday destination of Cascais in Portugal, as a heatwave continues in parts of Europe. The wildfire started in a mountainous area of the Sintra-Cascais national park, which …
Palermo’s airport, on the Italian island of Sicily, was forced to shut for a few hours on Tuesday morning as firefighters battled a blaze at its perimeter. Areas of southern Europe have been hit by another heatwave, with temperatures rising to 47.6C in…
In todayโs newsletter: At least ten hospitalised, and nearly 20,000 relocated from Rhodes โ how Greece is tackling its climate crisisโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Wildfires in Greece were never uncommon but, in rece…
Fatal heatwave in southern Europe and dry conditions have fuelled spread of firesRoaring fires have ripped through Greece, belching thick clouds of choking smoke and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee. Continue reading…
Hiker dies as US national park exceeds 50C, while heatwave in southern Europe is expected to easeThe US, like Europe, has been experiencing extreme heat over the past week and temperatures are expected to remain well above normal in places over the com…
Factory workers and labourers call for furlough as five people in Italy are believed to have died because of extreme heat, reports The Guardian, EURACTIV’s media partner.
The center-right Popular Party won the most votes but does not appear to have a path to form a government.
Greece was undergoing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). An emergency operation took place on the island of Rhodes on Saturday to evacuate over 1,500 people to safety from the wi…
Country braces for hottest July weekend in 50 years as firefighters battle 79 forest blazesThe heatwave engulfing Greece is expected to be the longest in the countryโs history, with temperatures forecast to reach a 50-year high for July this weekend.Ko…
People in Italy, Spain and Greece describe their day-to-day struggles in soaring temperaturesWith sea temperatures in the high 20s, open-water swimmer Grabiela Rojas feels it isnโt safe to train in the ocean near Valencia this summer.Rojas, 35, is inst…
Europe is sizzling in temperatures that no longer surprise Indians โ but we should beware of getting used to extremes
Officials warn this could be Greece’s hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures hitting 45C.
Videos shared on social media showed hailstorms hitting the regions of Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy as the country recovers from its third heatwave of the year. Footage published on Friday showed a stream of icy water flooding the streets of S…
Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.
Tourism to UK close to pre-Covid levels as Czech Republic, Ireland and Denmark also leap in popularityWhere once holidaymakers flocked south for the summer in search of scorching getaways, the climate emergency may be signalling a reversal of that tren…
Extreme heat lingers, leading to wildfires and even giant hailstones. Plus Philippines braces for fifth typhoon of the seasonExtreme heat has lingered over southern Europe throughout the past week, with all-time records broken in a number of locations….
