UK on track for record heat-related deaths this year, UKHSA estimates

In a preliminary assessment, the agency said there were an estimated 2,877 heat-related deaths during the May and June heatwaves, almost double the figure for last year.

Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures The hellish infernos that have torn through parts of France and Spain have caused deaths, the evacuation of 330,000 people from their homes, widespread destruction and clouds of toxic smoke. Records have already been smashed and with the fourth heatwave of the European summer setting in, there are few signs of the waves of wildfires ending. France has alre...

By Damian Carrington, Lucy Swan, Ana Lucía González Paz, Harvey Symons

Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000

Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of extreme temperatures takes hold.

Terrifying before and after photos show Europe could be changed forever by deadly heatwaves

Waterways across Europe are drying up

By Liam James and Rich Booth

This Year's European Wildfires Are Three Times Worse Than Average

Three firefighters died this week in Greece as severe weather continues to fuel blazes across Europe.

By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff

Dangerous Heat Set to Shatter Even More Records Across US

The 'fire-breathing dragon of clouds' over France: When a wildfire creates its own weather

France has recorded its first known 'fire cloud' as extreme wildfires sweep across Europe. Also called a pyrocumulonimbus, the towering storm forms when intense heat pushes smoke, air and moisture high into the atmosphere. It can generate powerful winds, lightning and fresh fires, allowing a wildfire to influence, and sometimes create, its own weather.

By PRIYANKA MUKHERJEE

Nearly 3,000 Excess Deaths Caused By Record-Breaking Heatwaves In England

The provisional figure is almost double the total for the whole of the summer in 2025, which was 1,504, and represents "a substantial public health impact," the UKHSA government agency said.

Bailey Zimmerman Cancels Summer U.K./European Tour Dates: ‘Taking Some More Time to Focus on Me, My Family, and New Music’

The singer was slated to kick off a run of overseas dates in Glasgow on Aug. 27.

By Gil Kaufman

France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires as Europe swelters

France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires on Thursday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe.

By Emmanuel Tetteh