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    Wildfires burn, farmers struggle as another heatwave bakes western Europe

    12 Aug 2022

    More than 1,000 firefighters, backed by water-bombing planes, battled for a third day a fire that has forced thousands from their homes and scorched thousands of hectares of forest in France's southwestern Gironde region.

    Europe drought dries up rivers, kills fish and shrivels crops

    13 Aug 2022

    Europe isn’t alone in the crisis, with drought conditions also reported in East Africa, the western United States and northern Mexico.

    'Look, no tie:' Spanish PM urges casual wear to stay cool, save energy

    29 Jul 2022

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on office workers to throw sartorial caution to the wind and ditch their ties amid scorching summer temperatures.

    VIDEO: Hundreds perish as cities across Europe battle heatwave

    21 Jul 2022

    Spain was gripped by a heatwave affecting much of Western Europe, which pushed temperatures as high as 45˚C in some regions last week, sparking dozens of wildfires.

    Heatwave caused 1,700 deaths in Spain and Portugal: WHO

    22 Jul 2022

    "Heat kills. Over the past decades, hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of extreme heat during extended heatwaves, often with simultaneous wildfires," WHO regional director Hans Kluge said.

    Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated

    23 Jul 2022

    Local police said on Saturday afternoon they had evacuated over 450 people from two hotels and 92 houses and that 60 officers were scouring the area for anyone that refused to move.

    Lightning kills 907 in India as extreme weather surges in 2022

    07 Dec 2022

    There were nearly eight times as many heatwaves, 27 in all, and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, killing 907 people, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a report to parliament. Thunderstorms increased more than five times to 240.

    2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats up

    13 Jan 2023

    Earth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported on Thursday.

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