Heatwave

It's one of several fires scorching forests around France this week, including in normally cooler and wetter regions in the north and Brittany.

Rising ocean temperatures may intensify extreme weather, threaten seafood supplies and worsen mental health challenges in coastal communities.

Some 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, according to data from the National Fire Chiefs Council.

As France faces the rest of the summer, the challenge is no longer just how to get through the next heatwave but how to prepare for the hotter summers yet to come.

Spain, along with France and Greece, has already battled heatwaves and severe wildfires this summer across an increasingly tinder-dry Europe

Canadian police said an 80-year-old woman died in the wildfire, marking a rare fatality in this year's fire season.

Tourists and residents sought shade and relief as the city recorded its hottest day on record on Sunday

Sea temperatures were exceptionally high across a large part of the tropical Pacific, where El Nino conditions are present and forecast to strengthen in the coming months.

France is bracing for its fifth heat wave alert of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across the country since May.

It is triggered by an intense, multi-week heatwave and the severe summer drought, threatening local shipping, power generation, and river ecosystems

British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Saturday in the western Canadian province were ordered to flee a fast-moving wildfire that nearly doubled in size overnight.

After a waterlogged winter, drought and extreme heat have hit crops across Britain, while conflict and disruption abroad are exposing the risks of relying on global food supply chains.

Italy placed all of its major cities under the highest heat alert as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe