US EditionFrance shuts schools, Italy limits outdoor work as heatwave grips Europe
- A severe heatwave gripped Europe in early July 2025, causing widespread disruptions across multiple countries.
- Europe is heating up at more than double the rate of the global average, with unusually high temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea and a persistent heat dome amplifying the intensity of extreme heat across the continent.
- France closed about 1,350 schools and shut the Eiffel Tower's top floor, while Italy banned outdoor work during peak heat hours and issued red alerts for 17 cities.
- Samantha Burgess noted continued infrastructure challenges, healthcare system pressure, and excess heat-related deaths despite adaptation efforts, while IFRC teams assisted vulnerable populations with water distribution.
- The event underscores growing health risks as Europe faces more frequent, intense heatwaves linked to climate change, requiring enhanced preparedness and societal adaptation.
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Accelerated western European heatwave trends linked to more-persistent double jets over Eurasia
Persistent heat extremes can have severe impacts on ecosystems and societies, including excess mortality, wildfires, and harvest failures. Here we identify Europe as a heatwave hotspot, exhibiting upward trends that are three-to-four times faster compared to the rest of the northern midlatitudes over the past 42 years. This accelerated trend is linked to atmospheric dynamical changes via an increase in the frequency and persistence of double jet…
Spain and Portugal have broken June records with temperatures of 46-47 degrees Celsius, and forest fires are raging from France to Turkey. The unusual heat has also reached London, with the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis tournament never having been this hot. In many places it is 5-10 degrees warmer than usual. At the beginning of summer, the question is no longer whether there will be a European heatwave, but how much and how long it will …
The heatwave spread northward from southern and western Europe on Tuesday. A heat warning is in effect across much of the continent.
During this heatwave period, dogs are particularly exposed to hot temperatures and certain morphologies limit their ability to regulate their body temperature.
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