Health agency issues heat alert in England
English health officials on Monday issued a heat-health alert for England in anticipation of temperatures rising above 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) this week following a...
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National park forest in Greece, home to protected species, ravaged by wildfire
Authorities scrambled to put out a fire in a protected national park in northern Greece on Monday, burning through acres of forest for days that is home...
Portugal reports more than 1,000 heat-related deaths
Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear...
Record temperatures scorch Europe, as wildfires rage across south
Britain was forecast to see temperatures hit 40C (104F) for the first time on Tuesday after logging its warmest night on record, while wildfires raged...
Flights briefly disrupted at UK’s Luton airport as heat damages runway (Update)
Flights to and from Britain’s London Luton airport were temporarily disrupted on Monday after soaring temperatures caused a defect in its runway, prompting airlines to delay...
Heatwave scorches Europe; health warnings issued
Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health...
Heatwaves hammer millions in China’s populated Yangtze River basin
Searing heatwaves swept across China’s vast Yangtze River basin on Wednesday, hammering densely populated megacities from Shanghai on the coast to Chengdu deep in the heartlands....
Portugal and Spain swelter in heatwave, wildfire risk grows
Soaring temperatures in Portugal forced authorities to place more than half the country on red alert on Tuesday and deploy hundreds of firefighters to combat...
Extreme heatwaves and fires increasingly likely
But climate change not the sole driver of increasing temperatures and wildfires By Annette Chrysostomou The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot with huge fires...
Labour ministry issues alert over high temperatures
By Stavros Nikolaou With the heat wave continuing to grip Cyprus, the labour ministry on Wednesday informed employers and the self-employed to suspend all work...
