Category Severe Heatwave Alert

Severe heatwave has killed at least 700 people in France

The sweltering heatwave that hit France earlier this month was responsible for the deaths of 700 people, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Thursday The heatwave that hit France between the 29th of June and the 5th of July left…

Severe heatwave causes wildfires in Spain and Portugal

More than 1,350 residents have been evacuated in Spain as a wildfire spread through a pine forest amid a lingering heat wave.   Five villages in the Aragon region were evacuated as flames devoured hills that are 230 miles northeast…

Lightning strikes a family house and bursts into flames in Braintree, Essex, UK

Lightning caused Darren Hobson’s home to burst into flames A father whose home was struck by lightning says the ceiling collapsed on one of his children’s bedrooms minutes after the family fled the house.   A bolt struck the roof…