The advance of the African anticyclone over southern Italy is bringing scorching heat to the regions of Apulia and Basilicata. On Monday, Italy continued to suffer for the fifth consecutive day from one of the most intense heat waves in decades in Europe, which is also affecting the Balkans, Greece and Turkey. RELATED: Heatwave Triggers […]

Meteorologists estimate that temperatures could exceed 30 degrees Celsius in some areas of Sweden. As of early Monday evening, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) issued yellow-level alerts for “potentially dangerous temperatures” across most of Finland. Sweden issued similar warnings, particularly in the north. RELATED: World Records Third-Warmest June, Says Copernicus Climate Change Service Heat alert […]

The temperature in De Bilt, the national reference weather station located in Utrecht, exceeded 30 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday morning, the Netherlands has been hit by its first heat wave in three years, prompting the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) to issue an orange code alert for extreme heat in the country’s southeastern region. RELATED: […]

From Europe to North America and Asia, the impacts are straining societies, economies, and ecosystems. Over the past few weeks, heatwaves have hit several regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of North America, Europe, and eastern Asia. RELATED: Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village That Voted Against Climate Change Policies As the Northern Hemisphere endures […]

A heatwave is keeping much of southern Europe on alert, with temperatures above unusual 40 degrees in many areas even in summer, which are expected to continue this week. RELATED: Europe Endured Hottest Year in 2024 The minimum in some areas will not be below 30 or at night, so authorities have closed schools and […]

Soaring temperatures in South Sudan have forced the closure of schools nationwide for two weeks, heightening the risk of child marriage, child labor, and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children warned on Friday. With temperatures expected to reach 42°C (107.6°F) next week, the South Sudanese government announced school closures for at least two weeks. […]

For UNICEF, the climate-related danger to infant health is intensifying, as “they affect food and water safety and contamination, damage infrastructure and cause displacement”.

 Despite the absence of an official pronouncement it is speculated that the deaths are the product of the heat wave that hits the entire Balkan country.

More than 900 Muslim worshippers have died during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, known as Hajj, due to temperatures that have reached 52 degrees. RELATED: Egypt: Search for Missing Egyptian Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia Continues Egypt continues to be the most affected country with at least 325 pilgrims killed, mostly by heat […]

The measurement was made with a thermal camera that uses infrared, in public places of Rome.