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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 country’s 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 isn’t safe to train in the ocean near Valencia this summer.Rojas, 35, is inst…
Tourism sites including Acropolis to close during hottest parts of day as temperatures set to remain over 40CGreece is set to endure its hottest July weekend in 50 years, a top meteorologist has warned, as the country wilts under a prolonged heatwave s…
The state’s snowpack, full from winter storms, has not yet melted, while the rest of the region bakes in summer temperaturesWhile most of California swelters through a prolonged, extreme heatwave, Mammoth Mountain ski resort in the eastern Sierras anno…
Phoenix and Californian town of Needles experiencing 70th day in which temperatures have reached 90FA brutal heatwave is persisting throughout much of the US, with cities across the south-west reaching all-time records for hottest consecutive days. Int…
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…
Temperatures reached as high as 53.3C in the US and flooding hit South Korea and India A remote township in the north-western region of Xinjiang set a Chinese record of 52.2C (125.9F) on Sunday – in a country that was battling -50C weather six months a…
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….
Full-face masks grow in popularity as surface temperature hits 80C in some parts of countryIn scorching Beijing, “facekinis” are the hottest new fashion as surging temperatures shatter records.With the mercury rising above 35C (95F) and the surface tem…
Temperatures remain high as hailstorms hit northern Italy, with fourth heatwave forecast to hit southern Europe next weekHailstorms have hit northern Italy as near-record temperatures begin to ebb, but forecasters have warned of a fourth heatwave hitti…