More than 200,000 people have been evacuated across France and Spain as extreme heat and powerful wildfires continue to sweep through parts of southern Europe, overwhelming emergency services and forcing thousands from their homes. The latest fires are among the most severe of this year’s wildfire season, fueled by record-breaking temperatures, dry vegetation and strong…
Europe continues to grapple with an extreme summer of heat and wildfires, with authorities warning that soaring temperatures are driving a growing public health and environmental crisis. In England and Wales, new estimates suggest that recent heatwaves were linked to more than 2,700 excess deaths, while firefighters in Spain are battling one of the country’s…
China has activated its highest emergency response measures as Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang Province, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people and bringing widespread disruption across eastern China. Authorities suspended schools, halted public transport, cancelled hundreds of flights and train services, and shut down workplaces in several cities as powerful winds and…
Global health authorities are responding to two major public health challenges as the Democratic Republic of Congo begins testing an experimental Ebola treatment while Europe grapples with a deadly heatwave that has claimed more than 1,300 lives. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first patients have been enrolled in a World Health Organization-backed clinical…
A powerful heatwave is sweeping across Europe, with meteorologists warning that at least 193 million people are expected to experience temperatures above 35°C today as governments issue health alerts and power operators prepare for surging electricity demand. The extreme weather has spread across much of Western and Central Europe, with countries including Germany, France, Italy,…
