Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns such early summer blasts of hot weather will now become the norm. The weekend’s soaring temperatures were the peak of a June heatwave in line with scientists’ predictions that such phenomena will
Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped Tuesday by climate-related catastrophes. A series of slow-motion disasters is gripping the country as it enters summer, with warnings of misery for months to come in some areas. Around 120 million people
Issued on: 13/06/2022 – 07:09 An early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south. The heat wave will affect the southern part of the country first, although how far it will spread to
Issued on: 29/04/2022 – 11:37 An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Gigantic landfills in India‘s capital New Delhi have caught fire in
