US EditionFires Break Out as Southern Europe Heatwave Intensifies
- A major heatwave is affecting southern Europe, including Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France, with record temperatures and wildfires reported in late June 2025.
- The heatwave results from ongoing climate warming, with Europe heating about twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, intensifying extreme heat events.
- Authorities declared high alert in two-thirds of Portugal and multiple Italian cities, while firefighting efforts tackled a dozen blazes in Sicily and public cooling measures expanded in France and Italy.
- Temperatures reached a record 46°C in El Granado, Spain—the highest ever recorded in June—while Lisbon experienced 42°C amid red heat warnings, and London could see temperatures climb to 35°C. Experts caution that such intense heat episodes are expected to occur more often in the future.
- The heatwave caused increased heatstroke cases mainly among the elderly and vulnerable, stressed biodiversity including birds, and prompted warnings to protect people and ecosystems amid future rising heat extremes.
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Severe heatwave hits Europe
Heatwaves have pushed temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in countries across Europe, including Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy. Firefighters battled a wildfire near Athens late last week, and regions of Portugal were under high alert on Sunday. According to experts, the extreme weather is linked to climate change.
The European heat wave has broken records in several countries: 46 degrees in Spain, fires in Greece, alerts in Italy - heat is coming to Hungary too.
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The UK is now officially warmer than the Spanish holiday hotspot as the country is forecasted to reach 46C, with some warning that the southern parts of the country will become uninhabitable
Heatwaves across southern Europe pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece on Sunday, with local authorities issuing fresh warnings of the risk of forest fires.
Like the Netherlands, Southern Europe is also being hit by very high temperatures on Monday. Authorities in southern countries are warning of the risks of health problems and forest fires due to the weather. Code red is in effect in several countries.
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