Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France's second-biggest city of Marseille.

Welcome to Europe 's new normal, said Hamdam Mostafavi in Libération (Paris), where our once-glorious summers have been made almost unliveable by extreme heat. Even in Germany, temperatures hit 40°C during last week's heatwave - the point at which the human body stops functioning optimally.

Europe's latest spell of sizzling heat, which ended last week, caused a threefold rise in heat-related deaths because human-induced climate change boosted the intensity of the heat wave, British scientists said.

Global warming caused an additional 1,500 deaths in 12 cities during last week’s heat wave, an analysis found.

When most folks hear “climate change,” they likely envision melting icebergs or rising sea levels. But there’s another chapter in the book—one that’s striking closer to home. Our warming climate is increasing infectious diseases,