24-06-2026 16:09 via theguardian.com

Europe heatwave live: estimated 94 million people to experience temperatures above 35C today

UK issues rare red heat alert as 68,000 households lose electricity in northern France and Italy puts warnings in place for 16 citiesTell us: how is the heatwave in the UK and across Europe affecting you?Grahame Madge, a Met Office spokesperson, said the agency is forecasting 39C as a headline maximum temperature on Thursday in the UK, most likely for somewhere in London or the south-east.“It is possible we could see temperatures higher than the 39C if the final values are at the upper end
Read more »

Environment news



Hello from the outside: heat domes impeding radio and other signals in US midwest
‘As if a hurricane had passed’: Puerto Ricans at breaking point after weeks without water
‘As if a hurricane had passed’: Puerto Ricans at breaking point after weeks without water
First came the dead fish, then invasive plants. A year later and Lake Suchitlán’s pollution remains a mystery
A journey down one of the last wild rivers in the American west: ‘The bullseye will always be on its back’
Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’
Weather tracker: Unusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plants
Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris
May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests
Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden | Susie White
‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people
‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside
‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside
Readers reply: Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks?
Desktop versie