More than 150 million Europeans swelter in "extreme heat", which scientists say has been the worst the continent has ever recorded.

Weather records fall across the state, as a spell of summer-like conditions tips into the first day of May.

Notting Hill Carnival revellers enjoy 28C in London

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023

#USA #heatwave #NewYork #heatdome #recordtemperatures #weather #heatstroke #Climate #destruction #anomaly #weather #climatechange 🇺🇸 Record-Breaking Heat Hits the Eastern U.S. 🥵 New York City soared...

The UK matched its May heat record at 32.8C, with temperatures expected to reach 34C before cooler weather arrives.

Hungary's electricity consumption hit a new summer record on June 30 as temperatures climbed to 42°C under a heat dome that pushed large parts of the country above 40°C.

Amid an unseasonably warm week, almost 40 new temperature records were broken across British Columbia as of Saturday, March 16.

Villages in northern France have been sweltering this week as temperatures topped a record breaking 43°C in what is already clearly going to be the fourth hottest year in recorded history.

HONG KONG, Aug 9 (Bernama-Xinhua) — Hong Kong’s temperature had reached 36.9 degrees Celsius by 3.30 pm on Sunday, the highest since the city started keeping meteorological records in 1884, according to the Hong Kong Observatory, reported Xinhua. The observatory said the blazing heat was a result of subsiding air on the periphery of Typhoon Dolphin. It expects the sweltering weather to continue for a couple of days, with temperatures potentially exceeding 37 degrees Celsius in some areas. Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Zhejiang Province on China’s eastern coast on Sunday afternoon. — BERNAMA-XINHUA

SEOUL, July 29 (Bernama-Yonhap) — Temperatures soared to record highs in southeastern parts of South Korea on Wednesday, with Busan reporting an all-time high in 122 years, as a sweltering heat wave gripped the nation, Yonhap News Agency reported. The southeastern city of Yangsan reached 40.3 C at 3.34 pm (local time) — the highest since 2008, when the state weather agency began collecting weather data in the city — according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The city had previously logged 39.3 C on Sunday, matching the previous record set in 2024. Temperatures in the nearby port city of […]