Billings, Montana hit 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Salt Lake City broke its all-time temperature record at 109F. Across the Atlantic, wildfires have consumed 20,000 hectares across four European countries while temperatures pushed past 110F in parts of Spain. This is not one heat wave. It is a simultaneous global heat event, and it is still unfolding. … Read more
Record-breaking temperatures sweep Western Europe, triggering extreme heat warnings across Britain, France, Spain, and Germany as a heat dome intensifies.
A record-breaking June heat wave swept across Southern Europe with devastating consequences: shattered temperature records, strained power grids, and more than 2,300 excess deaths in just ten days. From Portugal’s 46.6°C to Italy’s 21 cities under red alert, communities faced conditions that climate scientists say were made significantly worse by human-caused warming. In simple terms: … Read more