Heat Wave

Forests burn in Argentina amid heatwave and drought

Ongoing blazes have devoured some 6,000 hectares of forests in northern Corrientes province, officials say.

US climate disasters racked up 'third biggest ever' bill in 2022

Extreme weather events caused more than $165 billion in damage and resulted in at least 474 fatalities, the seventh most since 1980, a government report says.

Mediterranean marine wildlife pushed to brink by heat waves

Extreme heat in Europe and other countries around the Mediterranean has grabbed headlines this summer, but the rising sea temperature is largely out of sight and out of mind.

UK declares drought in parts of England

The UK's meteorological authority said this year saw record low rainfall in England and Wales coupled with extreme heat.

Europe's wildfire threat recedes as temperatures drop

Cooler temperatures have helped firefighting teams gain control over major blazes throughout southwestern Europe and the UK.

In pictures: Punishing heat wave sweeps Europe, sparks wildfires

Temperatures may remain above normal into the middle of next week, the World Meteorological Organisation says, warning that such events could occur with greater frequency in the future.

UK forecasts record temperatures, sounds first extreme heat alert

The Met Office says "substantial" changes in working practices and daily routines will be required and there is a high risk of failure of heat-sensitive systems and equipment.

Mass displacements as rain-triggered floods hit India’s northeast

Nearly half a million Indians have fled their homes as one of the world's largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, burst its banks in the country's northeast.

Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires

Italy saw temperatures in places upwards of 40°C, and Rome broiled. By late afternoon Friday, the heat in Florence reached 39°C. That city and Bologna also were issued alerts for Saturday by the health ministry.

Another heatwave hits western US as wildfires rage on

Firefighters are struggling to contain exploding Northern California wildfires under blazing temperatures as another heatwave hits western US this weekend.

Canada battles more than 170 wildfires amid lightning, heat wave

At least 174 fires burning in western province of British Columbia, 78 of them sparked in last two days, officials say.

Wildfires rage across western Canada and California amid deadly heat wave

Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in Canada's town of Lytton amid continuing heat wave, which experts say was brought on by the global climate change crisis and caused several hundred deaths in Canada and the US.