Heatwaves also lead to increased calls to ambulance and emergency services, affect the functioning of hospitals, care homes ...

A punishing heatwave gripped southern Europe on Monday, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as ...

A punishing heatwave overwhelmed southern Europe on Monday, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as ...

The build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere - which mostly come from burning fossil fuels - means the planet's ...

By Ezgi Erkoyun, Dominique Vidalon and Kate Abnett ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires in ...

The heat wave searing western Europe is set to peak in the coming days, threatening power networks and triggering health ...

France recorded its first major forest fires of the season, burning nearly 1,000 acres in the southern Aude region. Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal all issued heat alerts, with Italy placing 21 ...

Europe faces record heatwave as schools close, wildfires spread, hospitals report more heatstroke and experts link crisis to climate change.

Spain and Portugal reported record temperatures Monday as Italy and France braced for several more days of a punishing heat ...

Last year alone there were 1,311 heat-associated deaths across four summer heat episodes - the equivalent of 94 deaths per ...

Everything travellers to Europe need to know about heatwave safety and your holiday rights - Holiday hotspots across the ...

Large parts of Western Europe were in the grip of a severe heatwave on Monday, with temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius ...