Mediterranean Gripped by Second Heat Wave in Two Weeks
Meanwhile Greece, Spain, and Switzerland are battling wildfires.
Extreme weather
Phoenix’s vulnerable residents suffer through record heat at night
Only one cooling center remains open all night, when the concrete radiates heat stored during hellish daytime hoursEven after the sun sinks below the horizon in Phoenix, Arizona, the concrete cityscape continues to cook. In the midst of a record-breaki…
Olive oil industry in crisis as Europe’s heatwave threatens another harvest
World’s biggest olive producer, Spain, on course for second bad harvest in a row, raising fears of gaps on shelves and even higher pricesThe olive oil industry is “in crisis”, with the heatwave in southern Europe threatening to inflict the second bad h…
Italian media more focused on foreign coverage of heatwave than its effects
Climate crisis still lacks in depth analysis after years of ridicule by rightwing factions of the press, experts sayItaly is sweltering in abnormally high temperatures, but its media appears to be more intrigued by how the extreme heat is being reporte…
Longer heatwaves driven by ‘turbo-charged’ climate change, say scientists
Record heat in Europe is part of a pattern of more intense heatwaves made more likely by climate breakdownExtreme heatwave – latest news updatesScientists say “turbo-charged” climate change is driving the prolonged period of record temperatures current…
Death Valley approaches global heat record as US reels from extreme weather
Temperature at California national park hit 128F on Sunday as roughly one-third of Americans are under heat warnings• Extreme heatwave – live updatesLong the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point on Sunday on a record wa…
Pennsylvania flash flood: five people killed and two children missing
Pennsylvania is latest area in the US to be hit by intense rain and flooding as worldwide climate emergency worsensFive people have been killed and two children remained missing after floodwaters tore through parts of south-eastern Pennsylvania over th…
New UK government plan to protect against climate heat ‘very weak’
Exclusive: Leaked document ‘falls far short’ of what is needed to safeguard lives and livelihoods from heat, drought and storms, say expertsThe government’s new plan to cope with the climate crisis has been condemned as “very weak” by experts, who say …
Weather tracker: temperatures to intensify in Europe as new heatwave hits
Spain, Italy, Greece and parts of Balkans to be worst affected, with some areas braced for possible 48C conditionsIn contrast to the rather cool, unsettled and unseasonably windy weather in the UK, large parts of southern Europe are in the grip of inte…
Extreme heatwave live: Texas city confirms first heat death; northern hemisphere boils in severe weather – as it happened
Man in Houston died in house without air conditioning; mercury in parts of Italy is close to hitting 45C as wildfires ravage Greece and SpainDeath Valley approaches global heat record as US reelsPeople in US: has your aircon failed and could you get it…