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Heatwave prompts Belgium’s railways to take special measures

As Europe once more is in the grip of another heatwave, Belgium’s railway authorities are taking no chances: the current heatwave has prompted both Infrabel and the SNCB to take…

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France braces itself for another heatwave

France is bracing itself for another heatwave this week as its national weather service revised the country's all-time record-high temperature to 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees F), which was recorded…

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U.S. heat wave breaks records and makes way to storms

The heat wave, which has blanketed about a third of the population of the United States in recent days, is due to recede on Monday in a burst of thunderstorms…

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North America in the grip of a dangerous heatwave

Extremely hot weather has started to hit most of the United States, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, meteorologists say. The heatwave could affect about 200 million people…

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Photo Story: ‘Excessive Heat Watch’ has been issued for the Washington

Julissa Hernandez (L) and Kuna Malik Hamad (R) stay cool while practicing their Brazilian dancing under a fountain on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC, USA. An 'Excessive Heat Watch'…

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Heatwave…in Alaska

The state of Alaska in the United States more commonly associated with cold weather is currently passing through a heatwave. Weather forecasters says it’s only getting hotter over the…

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Heatwave alert for Paris withdrawn

Paris authorities on Monday morning announced that they had removed the amber-level heatwave alert that had been declared for the French capital since June 23. Paris had been spared…

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Wildfires spread to France after temperatures hit 45.9C

Hundreds of firefighters and 10 aircraft have been battling to contain wildfires in southern France after a stifling heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures of 45.9C. Spain is also in a similar…

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UPDATED: France registers record temperatures as death recorded in the UK, Italy, and Spain

As a heat wave continues to scorch parts of Western Europe, a wildfire has broken out in northeastern Spain and France measured its highest-ever June temperature. The heat is expected…

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Cooling off – Turin

A dog cools off at a fountain in downtown Turin, Italy, 27 June 2019. Temperatures registered 34 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country.…

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Heatwave to persist in Spain, France and the worst is yet to come

The current heatwave has kept a firm hold across France and Spain while Wednesday was one for the record books across Europe with daily, June and all-time temperature records…

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Photo Story: Record heatwave grips most of Europe

A child plays at a water fountain in Duisburg, Germany, 26 June 2019. According to metereologists, temperatures are expected to rise to over 35 degrees nationwide and close to 40…

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Photo Story – Elephant cools off in heatwave – Berlin

An Asian elephant holds a water hose with his trunk in order to refresh himself with water in the Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany, 25 June 2019. According to forecast, the…

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Highest temperatures ever recorded in Europe

Studies predict that heatwaves are to become the new normal in Europe as a consequence of climate change and records for warmest months are consistently broken. For instance, between April…

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Europe on alert for potentially dangerous heatwave in the coming days

Health authorities in many Western European nations are bracing themselves for what could be one long hot summer and as a potentially record-breaking heatwave is forecast to grip much…

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Saturday Morning Briefing

Good morning As expected the death of Shannon Mak is the lead story on Malta's Newspapers. Various happenings take different priorities around the world. As we go through 40…

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European high temperature record of 48 degrees Celsius expected this week

CNN: Forecasters have warned of potentially record-breaking temperatures in Spain and Portugal this week as much of Europe swelters in a heat wave that has left some farmers suffering drought conditions.…

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Heatwave across Europe devastate wheat fields resulting in crop’s European prices at more than 5-year high

Reuters reports that the "searing heat has devastated wheat fields across northern Europe while a combination of dry conditions and extreme rain in the Black Sea have hit output estimates, with…

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65 people dead in “unprecedented” heatwave in Japan

The Guardian : An “unprecedented” heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials have said, with the weather agency classifying the record-breaking weather as…

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International brigade of firefighters assisting Sweden’s wildfires

Poland has sent a convoy of fire trucks to Sweden this weekend, joining several other EU states helping the country to battle wildfires caused by hot weather and low levels…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Our morning review Three magistrates were promoted to judges and three lawyers were sworn in as magistrates in a ceremony that took place at the Palace in Valletta.…

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The hottest day of the year so far in Britain at 29.4C

Britain has enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far, as temperatures reached 29.4C in St James's Park, London. Parts of the UK will be as hot as southern…

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