How long will the heatwave last?

Following a day of record breaking bank holiday heat, heatwave conditions continue for many. Simon King looks at how many more days of heat you can expect.

Extreme heat in Europe ‘a brutal reminder’ of climate crisis, UN chief says

Simon Stiell said burning fossil fuels was driving intense heatwaves as UK and France broke temperature records on consecutive days The UN climate chief has said an extreme early heat event sweeping parts of western Europe was “a brutal reminder of the spiralling impacts of the climate crisis”, after France and the UK set new temperature records for May on two consecutive days. Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said on Wednesday the “main ...

By Jon Henley in Paris and Sam Jones in Madrid

Weather warnings still in place for eight counties as temperatures surpass May record

Temperatures of 30.5 degrees were recorded in provisional data on Tuesday

Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change’s impact, says UN - The Straits Times

Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change’s impact, says UN  The Straits Times

Europe heatwave 'brutal reminder' of climate change: UN

The UN climate chief has said that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was "a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis".

How Europe’s rapid warming has fuelled a record May heatwave

Europe is bracing for more extreme heat after record May temperatures swept across Britain, Ireland and France this week – with scientists saying a “heat dome” over western Europe is combining with human-driven climate change, shifting weather patterns and rapid Arctic warming to intensify heat across the world’s fastest-warming continent.

By RFI

Seven dead in France after extreme heatwave sweeps across Europe

Italy, Spain, Germany and Britain also experience unusually high temperatures for May

By James C. Reynolds

Europe scorched by unusually hot weather - China Daily

Europe scorched by unusually hot weather  China Daily

Thousands flock to rivers, lakes and water parks as Hanoi hits 41 C

Thousands of Hanoi residents flocked to water parks, the Red River and West Lake on May 26 to escape a heatwave that pushed temperatures in the city to up to 41.1 C.

Europe gripped by an unprecedented heatwave: London and Paris boiling, 11 dead and fears for the summer

The phenomenon is being blamed on a “heat dome,” a high-pressure system that has become stuck over Europe, trapping hot air beneath it - Suffocating conditions in the London Underground and the French capital The post Europe gripped by an unprecedented heatwave: London and Paris boiling, 11 dead and fears for the summer appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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