Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that meteorologists said was "exceptional" for striking so early this year.

Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the peak of a lengthy heatwave, which has already lasted 13 days.

South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken in the south yesterday ...

Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer ...

A cool start to the week will be swept away as a new heatwave - the third of 2025 - is set to hit France. Temperatures will ...

The Met Office warns temperatures could be 10C above average across swathes of Europe as the summer holidays get underway ...

June 2025 was the hottest on record for Western Europe, with around 2,300 heat-related deaths across the continent.

To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at ...

According to France’s national environment agency Ademe, only 25 per cent of French homes had air conditioning in 2020 which ...

France braces for an intense heatwave this weekend, with temperatures reaching up to 38°C in some areas. Most residents of Albi, in the south, are already prepared. France24 - Video.

Two people have died in a wildfire in Spain’s Catalonia region as Europe continues to grapple with a severe heatwave. Spanish firefighting authorities said the blaze was “extremely violent and erratic ...