Provisional readings for the Aug 3 to 18 heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Europeans are outpacing most of the world in embracing relatively affordable and easy-to-install China-made cooling units, ...

At least 200 schools in France were forced to close in June as temperatures hit 38 degrees in a heatwave that struck right as ...

Although the WHO has warned many times of the health risks of extreme heat, this is its first report since 1969 specifically ...

Employers should draw up heat stress plans that include posting urine colour charts in toilets, create areas where workers can immerse their arms in cool water and monitor body weight loss from ...

The recent heat wave ranks among the most severe ever experienced in the south of France, rivaling the historic August 2003 ...

Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record ...

Experts in Europe have raised the alarm bells and say climate change-related morbidity and mortality must be addressed now.

There are certain factors relating to geography and large-scale weather systems that make the French capital particularly ...

MADRID: Winds on Wednesday hampered efforts to contain wildfires in Spain that have already scorched a record stretch of land despite ...

EU’s Copernicus and ECMWF have developed an app called Thermal Trace to provide the latest data on heat and cold stress for ...

A man has died after being run over by a bulldozer he was operating while fighting wildfires in Portugal, bringing the death ...