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Europe heatwave: The thermometer is flashing red for the continent's economyEurope's heatwave is becoming a growing economic threat as extreme temperatures disrupt transport, reduce labour productivity, damage agric...
How climate change is making wildfires more frequentClimate change and wildfires explained: Global temperatures are projected to remain at record highs, increasing extreme weather events. Ris...
Deadly heatwaves force an ageing France to confront a hotter futureFrance experienced a severe heatwave, causing many excess deaths and straining funeral services. Funeral director Gautier Caton rented refr...
Europe heatwave kills more than 10000 people in a week, data showsA European heatwave in late June caused over ten thousand excess deaths. Most of these fatalities occurred among individuals aged sixty-fiv...
More than 2,700 died as result of heatwaves in England, researchers sayOver 2,700 people died in England and Wales due to recent heatwaves. Experts used weather data and climate models for this mortality estima...
India among 4 countries with largest number of cities at-risk from extreme heat, analysis findsIndia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Ghana host many cities at extreme heat risk. Over ninety-five percent of these at-risk cities are in Asia and...
Western Europe logs hottest June on record as climate change fuels harsher heatwavesWestern Europe recorded its hottest June ever as a severe heatwave gripped the continent. This extreme weather event followed an early spri...
Western Europe records its hottest June as heatwaves surgeWestern Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent...
Sensors, early starts: how Spain keeps working when heat hitsSpain is adapting workplaces to extreme heat as climate change intensifies weather patterns. Workers now use heat-monitoring wristbands and...
Europe may face 'more deadly weeks' as new heatwave builds, WHO warnsEurope faces more deadly weeks as a new heatwave forms over the Atlantic. Temperatures in Portugal and Spain are expected to reach forty-th...
Spain declares top heat alert in three regionsSpain's weather agency issued a red heat alert for three eastern regions. Temperatures are forecast to exceed forty degrees Celsius in Arag...
At least 3,700 excess deaths reported during heatwave in France, Belgium and NetherlandsEurope is grappling with the aftermath of a severe June heatwave, which has resulted in an estimated 3,700 excess deaths across France, the...
Extreme heat could change the mix for European drinks makersEurope's scorching heatwaves are challenging the notion that hot weather always boosts alcohol sales. Research indicates that extreme tempe...
Europe can’t just air-condition its way out of the heatwave meltdownEurope's infrastructure, built for cold, is struggling with record heatwaves. From buckling train tracks and melting roads to hospitals can...
Empathy for Europe, 'mockery' for India? How the European heatwave exposes global double standards Indians face, Polish woman explainsA Polish woman living in India has gone viral after questioning what she called a double standard in how climate-related hardships are view...
Tamil Nadu doctor on Italy trip with family says Europe feels hotter than India: 'At least in India we have ACs'A Tamil Nadu doctor travelling with his family in Italy during Europe's ongoing heatwave said the weather felt "worse than in India" despit...
Europe heatwave: Indian couple in Paris wait 90 minutes to buy a ‘luxury’ fan, say people are fighting to get oneEurope heatwave: An Indian couple in Paris waited 90 minutes to buy a fan as extreme temperatures hit Europe, disrupting transport, infrast...
Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to riseEurope is reeling from a devastating heatwave, with France reporting over 1,000 excess deaths, primarily among the elderly. Record temperat...
More than 1,300 excess deaths recorded in Europe heatwave: WHOThe World Health Organization said Sunday that over 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in connection with the re...
Why Europe is worried about 43°C when India sees over 48°C? Man asks about difference? Internet explainsA viral social media post questioning why Europe is alarmed by 43°C temperatures when parts of India regularly experience even higher heat ...