PARIS, France -- Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday. Modelling found that increasing tree cover to 30 percent would shave off 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7 degrees...
BEIJING, China -- More than five million people in southwest China were facing rolling power cuts Wednesday as a heatwave creates an electricity supply crunch that has forced factories to stop work. Temperatures across Sichuan province have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in recent...
PARIS, France -- Climate change caused by human activity made this month's record-shattering heatwave in Britain at least 10 times more likely to occur, according to research released on Friday. Eastern England recorded an all-time high temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Farenheit)...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A relentless US heat wave that has triggered health alerts for more than 100 million people is set to intensify this weekend, with temperatures and humidity forecast to surge to suffocating highs in many parts of the country. OUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 21: An air conditioning...
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France -- A summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest Europe showed no signs of abating Sunday, as parts of the continent readied for new temperature records early next week. A firefighter tackles a forest fire around the village of Eiriz in...
BORDEAUX, France - France and Britain were set to suffer soaring temperatures on Wednesday, with a heatwave in Western Europe fuelling wildfires across vast stretches of forestland. A silhouette of a firefighter standing in the forest is pictured during a wildfire at Casais do Vento in Alvaiazere...
PARIS, France -- French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures. A plant grows on a dry bank of the Loire River, in Montjean-sur-Loire on June 16,...
JACOBABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan was in the grip of a heatwave on Friday, with parts of the nation previously scalded by temperatures of nearly 50 degrees Celsius as officials warned of acute water shortages and a health threat. Swathes of the country have been smothered by high temperatures since...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Coral bleaching in Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef has been linked to a "marine heatwave". In a report published late on Tuesday, government scientists found that coral bleaching affected 91 percent of 719 reefs assessed along the Great Barrier Reef over the summer of...
ROME, Italy -- At least three people died in Italy due to extensive wildfires raging in the country's several southern regions, authorities and local media said on Thursday. People spend time at the seaside in Ladispoli near Rome, Italy, on Aug. 12, 2021. A heatwave is sweeping across Italy this...
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek meteorologists warned on Thursday that the country will experience an intense and prolonged heat wave in the next ten days. According to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), temperatures could reach 44 degrees Celsius in mainland Greece. People enjoy the sun...
