A blaze in southern France forced the closure of the Marseille airport, and weather agencies issued warnings for other parts ...

France's public health authority said on Friday that more than 100 people had died from drowning between June 1 and July 2 ...

June 2025 was the hottest on record for Western Europe, with around 2,300 heat-related deaths across the continent.

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In France, wildfires broke out in the Corbières area in the southwest, where temperatures topped 40°C, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and abbey as a precaution.

Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the ...

The worst heat was felt in southern Europe, while punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in ...

Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that ...

The heat wave in parts of Europe has set record high temperatures for June in Spain and Portugal. Barcelona's Fabra Observatory reported an average temperature for last month of 26C (78 F ...

As countries across Europe contend with a potentially lethal heatwave this week, one area in France has set a new record. On Thursday afternoon, the town of St-Jean-de-Minervois in southern France ...

France has been blazing this week. It recorded its highest temperature ever on Friday, 113 degrees. But temperature records have been rising all over the country, including in Deauville, Normandy.

Europe heat wave 2019: France hits a record temperature as southern Europe sizzles. ... "This heat wave is exceptional by its intensity and its earliness," he told reporters.