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France reports two deaths in heatwave, 300 hospitalised
France has reported two heat-related deaths, while wildfires have killed two people in Spain in a heatwave that has gripped Europe and forced the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant.
Wildfire kills 2 people in Spain as parts of Europe bake in heat wave
Spanish authorities say two people have died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters ...
Panic in France as major landmark forced to close with 40C heat baking key city
A heatwave has swept across Europe and France on Tuesday, prompting widespread closures of landmarks and schools due to the ...
‘It’s 36 degrees - the village looks abandoned’: Life in a French heatwave
At 3pm it is 36 degrees but feels like 38. The village of Saint-Claud looks as if it has been abandoned. Step outside for ...
The increasingly dangerous weather pattern responsible for the brutal European heat wave
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal ...
Turkey battles wildfires and Paris on heatwave red alert as parts of UK could hit 35C
Today there are red warnings for heat in place in France - in Paris and the Val de Loire, where temperatures could reach 41C.
As France faces heatwave, 'The gap between what needs to be done and the pace at which climate change is accelerating grows wider each year'
Geographer Magali Reghezza-Zitt says that emergency responses to heatwaves are no longer sufficient in the face of the ...
Relief coming for Europe after brutal heatwave
After days of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe, relief will start to arrive from the Atlantic on Wednesday, bringing ...