Governments across southern Europe have issued severe weather warnings as temperatures soar past 40 degrees Celsius. The heat wave has already claimed the life of an elderly man in Albania, who was found dead in his farm south of the
CNN — The official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be more than double that as reports emerged that as many as 600 Egyptian worshipers perished on the route to Mecca
Mexico has registered 155 deaths associated with high temperatures since March, with 30 in the past week alone, the government said Thursday. A woman cools herself with a fan at her home on a hot spring day amid a nationwide
April marked another “remarkable” month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the EU’s climate monitor published on Wednesday. French south-central town of Entraygues-sur-Truyère, during a heatwave in Europe, August 7, 2018. ©
Wildfires raging across Algeria during a blistering heatwave have killed more than 30 people and forced mass evacuations, the government said on Monday. Firefighters try to extinguish a raging forest fire near the town of Melloula, in northwestern Tunisia close
Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country. Giannis Triantafyllou,22, cleans metal debris from his cousin Giannis Routis’, 35, house backyard following a wildfire
An official drought has been declared as low-water levels and tinder-dry conditions continue across the UK. Eight parts of England, including Devon, Kent, East Anglia and Lincolnshire are affected. The move is expected to trigger stricter controls on water use
France has seen searing temperatures in successive heatwaves over the past few weeks, but it’s not only on land that temperatures are insufferably high. The Mediterranean Sea’s surface temperature reached a record high 30.7°C in late July, and marine heatwaves are becoming increasingly common because of climate change –
Pedro Sanchez went tie-free at a press conference in Madrid as he encouraged workers to do the same Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called on workers in the public and private sector to stop wearing ties, as an energy
The water levels in the River Rhine are running perilously low in the searing heat the region has been experiencing. Low Rhine water levels are a massive challenge for Germany, given that around 80% of inland waterway goods transport relies