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Greek mayor among 3 charged over wildfire near Athens

Investigators believe blaze started with a spark from power cables at a wind farm

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Volunteers and Greek firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire near Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometres northwest of Athens in the region of Viotia, on August 2, 2026.

Europe heat wave puts major Italian cities on red alert

Austria sets heat record, Hungary cuts power use

Italian farmer Mattia Marengo inspects his drought-stricken cornfield in the countryside in Bene Vagienna, near Cuneo, north-western Italy, on August 6, 2026.

El Nino set to intensify by September, UN warns risk

Strong El Nino to fuel heatwaves, droughts and floods, UN climate agency says

Just in: El Nino forms and expected to strengthen, say weather data analysts.

U.S. Heatwave Creates Brutal Conditions for World Cup

Players are expected to face temperatures of up to 40°C

Miguel Pedro of Qatar is cooled down with water during the hydration break during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Qatar at Seattle Stadium on June 24, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.

Common cooling mistakes UAE residents make in summer

Doctors debunk common cooling myths and share safer ways to beat the heat

A boy tries to cool himself by pouring the water on his head to beat the heat as temperatures rise

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025

The warmest year on record, 2024, was around 1.55C above the 1850-1900 average, and started in a strong El Nino.

Overshooting 1.5C climate target ‘inevitable’: UN chief

Scientists emphasise importance of containing global warming as risks increase

The 2015 Paris climate accords aimed to limit global warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels - and 1.5C if possible.

August third-hottest globally on record

The world’s oceans were also close to record high temperatures for the month

Southwest Europe wilted through a third summer heatwave, fires tore through Spain and Portugal, while many parts of Asia experienced above-average temperatures.

Heatwaves make you age faster, new research warns

Long-term exposure to extreme heat could affect health like smoking or poor diet

People cool off next to a fountain near the Eiffel Tower as a heatwave rolls over Paris.

More than 1,100 deaths linked to Spain's heatwave

For July, Carlos III institute attributed 1,060 excess deaths to intense heat

Heatwave causes wildfires across Galicia. Officials reported 1,149 excess deaths in Spain from August 3-18 that could be attributed to the scorching temperatures, the public health agency said.

Greece battles wildfire outside Patras

4,850 firefighters and 33 planes were mobilised acrossthe country

Inhabitants stand on a road as a wildfire burns a forest near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 12, 2025.

Satellite to step up monitoring of extreme weather

The liftoff was the third by Ariane 6 since its inaugural flight in July last year.

People protect themselves from the sun with an umbrella during the extreme heatwave in Seville, Spain, that exceeds forty degrees, in Seville on August 12, 2025. The satellite will monitor ocean and land temperatures, water vapour and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the amount of desert dust and cloud cover.

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