France firefighters hopeful, as Spain ends national emergency
Lanton – France firefighters on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain lifted... Read more
30 Jul
Libyans struggle during heatwave, power cuts
Tripoli – Temperatures in Libya soared on Monday, a day after hundreds of residents protested in Tripoli and its... Read more
28 Jul
Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe
Lège-Cap-Ferret – Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into... Read more
24 Jul
Japan cities ‘cruelly hot’ for first time
Tokyo – Japanese cities are experiencing “cruelly hot days”, a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people... Read more
22 Jul
Six killed in Algeria forest fires: interior ministry
Algiers – Wildfires in Algeria have killed six people, the interior ministry announced, with several fires still raging across... Read more
22 Jul
Heavy west Africa rainfall now 5 times more likely: scientists
Abidjan – Climate change has made extreme rainfall in west Africa five times more likely than in the late... Read more
16 Jul
Over 2,700 may have died due to England heatwaves: researchers
London – At least 2,700 people could have died in England and Wales as a result of heatwaves that... Read more
13 Jul
Building collapse kills six in Mumbai as torrential rain batters city
New Delhi – Six people including five children were killed when a building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said Monday,... Read more
6 Jul
France deaths rose by 30% during heatwave
Paris – France endured a rise of nearly 30 percent in the number of deaths recorded during the week... Read more
3 Jul
Two children die in France as heatwave blasts Europe
Paris – Two children were found dead in a car in France on Monday, believed casualties of a heatwave... Read more
23 Jun
