13th August - Today's News: More Records Broken as S Europe's Heatwave and Wildfires Spread

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe

Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Italy as temperatures hit record highs in France and masses are evacuated in the Balkans as wildfires tear through whilst more wildfires spark freak 'fire whirls' and reach Madrid, killing one person as Europe's heatwave hell continues and Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe

Five key things to know about Europe's worsening heatwaves

Israel swelters through record-breaking heat, with temperatures expected to climb further

Has the 1.5°C goal set out in the Paris Climate Agreement been breached?   I think it has - bearing in mind this is not an El Nino year.

Here, the National Drought Group meets to address “nationally significant” water shortfall as we enter our 4th, and potentially longest, official heatwave of the summer.

The past year has seen the worst bleaching on record for Western Australian coral reefs

And Typhoon Podul blows through southern Taiwan, leaving one missing; hundreds of flights cancelled

 

 

 

 

Scores still missing a week after India flash floods

 

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