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Europe climate report signals rising extremes

PARIS – Europe endured a historic heatwave across Nordic countries, shrinking glaciers and record sea temperatures in 2025 as the fast-warming continent faces more...

Firefighters order evacuation as heatwave bakes Australia

Sydney, Australia—Firefighters told people to flee an out-of-control bushfire in southeast Australia on Tuesday as a heatwave baked much of the country. Temperatures hit a record...

Scores of Australian homes razed

SYDNEY – Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared...

Australia heatwave stokes risk of ruinous bushfires

SYDNEY – Firefighters warned millions of Australians of “catastrophic” bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the...

Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35°C

TOKYO – Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35°C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through...

Fires keep burning in western Spain

MADRID – As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country,...

Spain suffers 3rd wildfire death, as Greece beats back flames

MADRID – Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as...

Heatwave stokes Europe fires

PATRAS, Greece – Greece battled a dozen major wildfires on Wednesday, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave stoked blazes and...

Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sparks wide wildfires

LAS MEDULAS, Spain – A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cities saw...

Firefighters check blaze in France but Spain fire force evacuations

RIBAUTE, France – Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but still face a “complicated” struggle, but officials warned on Sunday that...

France’s huge wildfire will burnfor several more days, say officials

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABREISSE – France’s biggest wildfire in decades will burn for several more days even though it has been brought under control, authorities said Friday...

Wildfires spread across Europe

ISTANBUL – Several wildfires broke out during the weekend across European countries including Greece, Turkey and France, whose southern regions are battling multiple fires...

Relief coming for Europe after brutal heatwave

PARIS – After days of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe, relief will start to arrive from the Atlantic on Wednesday, bringing thunderstorms and cooler temperatures...

2 dead in fire as heatwave scorches

BARCELONA, Spain – Firefighters in Spain have said they found two bodies after a blaze in the northeast of the country, which is in...
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