Eurostar orders trains to cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers

Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe

Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as UK health service urges children and elderly to ‘take weather seriously’ – Europe live

Some stations in Spain recorded temperatures of up to 44C after western Europe experienced the warmest June on record Great Britain’s energy system operator has warned that “extreme temperatures” could hit power supplies on Thursday night, as the UK entered its third heatwave of the year. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice overnight asking for extra supplies from power generators to cope with the added demand from households turning on fans and air conditioners to cope...

By Jakub Krupa

Hottest June on record in Western Europe as heatwaves hit continent

Thousands of deaths across Europe, mostly in France, Spain and Belgium, have been linked to a June heatwave.

Germany: June heat wave linked to 5,000 excess deaths

Several other European Union countries reported thousands of additional deaths as June 2026 officially became the hottest on record for bloc.

Heat domes expose cracks in Europe's climate resilience - Is the EU planning for a hotter future?

The European Parliament declared a climate emergency in 2019, and yet the EU seems to keep getting caught out by severe heatwaves and heat domes. With this summer's temperatures set to smash records - and cause misery for millions of sweltering Europeans - we ask if the EU has neglected short-term measures to help people caught under these heat domes.

By Armen GEORGIAN

Western Europe sizzles: Records its hottest June as heatwaves surge, says EU Monitor

Average temperature in western Europe reached 20.74C in June, over 3C above the 1991-2020 norm, as per the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Western Europe records its hottest June as heatwaves surge: EU monitor

Western Europe experienced its hottest June on record last month as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the European Union’s (EU) climate monitor said Thursday. The report comes as a new heatwave is battering Europe this week, following a record-breaking one in June and an unusually early spring hot spell in May. The average temperature in western Europe reached 20.74 degrees Celsius in June, more than 3℃ above the 1991-2020 norm...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Western Europe records hottest June on record,

Western Europe just experienced its warmest June on record, EU scientists confirmed on Thursday, after an extreme heatwave at the end of the month smashed temperature records, disrupted power supplies and shut schools. Last month was also the second-warmest June globally, and the planet experienced the highest June sea surface temperatures since records began, the […]

Western Europe Records Hottest June Amid Intense Heatwave

Western Europe recorded its hottest June ever, with a brutal heat dome triggering thousands of deaths across France, Spain and Belgium

Western Europe records hottest ever June as climate change drives heatwaves

Western Europe experienced its warmest June on record, as a heatwave at the end of the month in many countries broke temperature records. The confirmation from the European Union’s climate monitor comes as many countries are facing a third heatwave this week since May.

By RFI

Western Europe records hottest June as heatwaves surge

Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU's climate monitor has said.

Western Europe records hottest-ever June

PARIS - Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU’s climate monitor said Thursday.

Germany reports over 5,000 heat-related deaths after June scorcher

Germany's public health authorities have recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths this year, most during a late June heat wave. The latest figure already surpassed the...

Heatwave linked to more than 5,000 deaths in Germany

Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related ​deaths so far this year, ‌most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded ​20 degrees Celsius, the Robert ​Koch Institute (RKI) for public health ⁠said on Thursday.

By Emmanuel Tetteh