Hottest June day record broken for third day in row as temperature hits 37.3C

Suffolk saw the highest temperature on Friday - but many will feel the heatwave begin to ease over the weekend.

Heat Wave Takes Toll on Europe’s Infrastructure, Too

The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists.

By Chico Harlan

Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’ as Europe heatwave pushes east – live

Forecasters say hottest conditions are now spreading into central and eastern Europe, including Poland and the Balkans The UK is set to get some respite from this week’s record-breaking heat over the weekend, but much of the rest of Europe remains in the grip of an intense heatwave as it shifts eastwards. Germany provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature yesterday with 41.3C near the city of Saarbrücken close to the French border. Forecasters say the hottest conditions are now sprea...

By Taz Ali

Germany braces for record-breaking temperatures as heatwave moves east

Several countries including the UK and Switzerland have posted record June temperatures, with deaths reported in France.

Germany braces for record temperatures as heatwave moves east

​France, Britain, Switzerland and ‌Germany all experienced record heat in June, and the weather system could test more records ⁠as it rolls across Germany towards Poland. On Friday, a new German record of 41.3 C was reached near the city of Saarbruecken close to the French border, while dozens of people ⁠both young and old, died in France.

By FRANCE 24

This is why Europe was so fatally unprepared for the June heatwave

Europe’s hottest ever June has laid bare the failures of successive governments across the continent to prepare for extreme heat. Now, scientists say, we have reached the point where climate change is having a severe impact on daily life. Alex Croft reports

By Alex Croft

Europe can’t stand the heat

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, on why the continent is warming faster than any other—and adapting too slowly

Germany hit by record temperatures as heatwave moves east

Germans braced for sweltering conditions on Saturday as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in Western Europe was expected to move east after temperatures broke records above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany have all experienced record heat in June, and the weather system could test more records as it rolls […]

Record heatwave to spread east as Germany, Poland swelter

Germans braced for sweltering conditions today as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in Western Europe is forecast to move east and bring temperatures approaching 40C to Germany and Poland.