Firefighters in Turkey and France were responding today as both countries experienced extreme heat, with readings exceeding 40C (104F) in both countries over the past week. In the UK, the mercury ...

The Met Office warns temperatures could be 10C above average across swathes of Europe as the summer holidays get underway ...

On the Spanish island of Majorca a 34-year-old Dutch man hiking with friends collapsed and died of heatstroke near Soller, ...

Tourist hotspots around Europe are facing the first major heatwave of the summer with extreme temperature warnings in place ...

French firefighters have been mobilised to tackle early summer fires as 84 of the country's 101 administrative areas were put ...

Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heat wave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 ...

UK holidaymakers are being warned about major heatwaves across southern Europe that have pushed temperatures above 40C in countries including Italy, Spain and Greece. Experts link the rising frequency ...

The UK has a high chance of seeing temperatures soar to 40C again in the next 12 years, as the risk of extreme heat rises ...

It’s not just air temperature records, it’s sea temperatures too, with record levels in the Mediterranean even in June, never mind July and August.   ‘The oceans act as a boiler house as they absorb ...