Europe's Deadly Heat Wave Scorches East, Slovakia Hits Record

Europe's heat wave: The worst is yet to come

Record June heat has turned deadly across Europe, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius. Cities are struggling to cope, and experts warn this scorching heat is the new normal. How quickly can we adapt?

Europe's deadly heat wave seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2026

Land surface temperature data captured by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on Wednesday, June 23, 2026. The data were captured in the late morning, local time. (Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA)Over 1,300 deaths have been attributed to a heat wave that swept across Europe and broke temperature records earlier this month.From its perch in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit, Europe's Sentinel-3 s…

Heatwave scorches east Europe as Slovakia, Czechia see record temperatures

Some 130 million people in Central and Eastern Europe endure temperatures above 35C (95F) as heat records set.

Europe's deadly heat wave scorches east, Slovakia hits record

Europe's most severe heat wave on record set new temperature records in eastern parts of the continent on Monday and forced Ukraine to order power cuts to cope.

Europe's deadly heatwave scorches east, Slovakia hits record

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Europe’s most severe heatwave on record set new temperature records in eastern parts of the continent on Monday and forced Ukraine to order power cuts to cope. The scorching heat, which first smothered western Europe last week, has already set records in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany as it moved east in recent days. Slovakia on Monday registered a new record temperature of 41C in Turna nad Bodvou in the southeast, th…

Europe's record heatwave shifts east, death toll tops 1,300

Death toll tops 1,300 as record temperatures shift east, with Ukraine's war-damaged power grid now bracing for the heat's next phase.