16th August - Today's News: More Wildfires and Record Heat in Canada

 Canada's Northwest Territories declare state of emergency over wildfires as the army airlifts hundreds to safety from fires in Northwest Territories whilst in the west, heat wave topples temperature records in southern B.C., as conditions raise wildfire fears

More than 3,000 people flee wildfires in popular French tourist spot in the Pyrenees

Yesterday it was Morocco, and today Turkey sets new national temperature record, soaring to 50 degrees celsius

Meanwhile, a new powerful heatwave is forecast to intensify across Western and Central Europe as we head into the final two weeks of summer 2023 - although here in the UK temperatures shouldn't be too bad.

NASA clocks July 2023 as hottest month on record ever since 1880

Gobsmacked Midlothian man snaps 'tornado' tearing past his home as storm hits

Typhoon Dora is one of only two storms to cross the International Dateline

A warning that death tolls from climate disasters will 'balloon' without investment in Africa's weather stations

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

And some are blaming powerlines for igniting the Maui fires in Hawaii. Here's what we know

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