18 Dead, 35°C in London: Western Europe's Heat Dome Spares Greece — For Now

A heat dome that has killed at least 18 people across Western Europe and driven London's Kew Gardens to a record 35.1°C for May is currently sparing Greece, with the country sitting on the periphery of the thermal mass — though meteorologists warn a warmer pattern will arrive by early June. Thodoris Kolydas, former director of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service, described the mechanism Friday as an intense high-pressure ridge at 5,500 metres that has locked the atmosphere over north...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA