UK on track for record heat-related deaths this year, UKHSA estimates

In a preliminary assessment, the agency said there were an estimated 2,877 heat-related deaths during the May and June heatwaves, almost double the figure for last year.

Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures The hellish infernos that have torn through parts of France and Spain have caused deaths, the evacuation of 330,000 people from their homes, widespread destruction and clouds of toxic smoke. Records have already been smashed and with the fourth heatwave of the European summer setting in, there are few signs of the waves of wildfires ending. France has alre...

By Damian Carrington, Lucy Swan, Ana Lucía González Paz, Harvey Symons

Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000

Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of extreme temperatures takes hold.

UK’s record-breaking heatwaves led to almost 3,000 deaths

England saw its hottest June on record with temperatures hitting 37.7C in Lingwood, Norfolk

By Mike Taylor

Dangerous Heat Set to Shatter Even More Records Across US

Nearly 3,000 Excess Deaths Caused By Record-Breaking Heatwaves In England

The provisional figure is almost double the total for the whole of the summer in 2025, which was 1,504, and represents "a substantial public health impact," the UKHSA government agency said.

France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires as Europe swelters

France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires on Thursday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe.

By Emmanuel Tetteh