Heatwave

Heatwave

Visitors walk through a cooling mist system at Gwangmyeong Cave during a record-breaking heatwave in Gwangmyeong, South Korea, August 5, 2026, after Yangsan recorded the highest temperature in the country in 122 years of weather observations on Sunday. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

South Korea's president orders all-out response to heatwave

"Extreme heat on a scale we have never experienced is continuing day after day. Heatwave conditions once seen only in foreign news reports have now become our reality," President Lee Jae...

Villagers wait in a line to get free meals at a jjokbang village which is a tiny single-room housing district, during the first-ever severe heatwave warning in Seoul, South Korea, 4 August 2026.Photo: Reuters

South Korea's Lee calls heatwave a national disaster as deaths rise to 19

A boy cools off in a fountain during a heatwave in Seoul, South Korea, July 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

Record heatwave spreads across Korean peninsula, prompting emergency response

A view of a wildfire on a mountain in Onda, Spain, July 27, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

France and Spain race to curb wildfires before new heatwave arrives

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Tokyo reports most heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, one dead

People browse fans and air conditioning units in a homeware store, amid a heatwave in Paris, France, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson.

As Europe roasts in a heat wave, Asia's air-con makers grab some cool cash

View from a car window of steam rising from a cooling tower of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Golfech, France, February 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Three French nuclear reactors shut down amid heatwave

People play in a fountain at the Andre Citroen park as temperatures rise in Paris during a second heatwave affecting a large part of France, June 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave: Data

Record June heatwave scorches Western Europe, exposing climate change's growing impacts. Photo: Collected

Western Europe records hottest June on record, EU scientists say

A display in Berlin's Mitte district shows a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) during the ongoing heatwave in Berlin, Germany, June 27, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Heatwave linked to more than 5,000 deaths in Germany, RKI says

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Extreme heat sweeps eastern US as death toll rises to 25

Mist is sprayed by building-tops to cool down temperatures in China. Photo: Screengrab

China high-rises install rooftop mist systems to reduce heat

People play in a fountain at the Andre Citroen park as temperatures rise in Paris during a second heatwave affecting a large part of France, June 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

France blames US for deadly heatwave