Two Die in France of ‘Heat-Related Illness’: Minister

Two people died in France as a result of “heat-related illness,” said the minister for ecological transition on Wednesday, as the country registered its second-hottest June since records began in 1900.

China’s weather authority warns of high summer temperatures over next few months

China’s weather authority said on Thursday that it expects temperatures in most areas across China to be relatively high over the next few months, signaling another summer of extreme heat.

Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records - BBC News

Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records.

Heat dome, megadrought, set stage for record wildfire season in Western US

 

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82,000 forced to evacuate as fire rages in California

A fast-moving wildfire erupted Tuesday morning in San Bernardino County, in the south of the western U.S. state of California, forcing more than 82,000 people to evacuate, officials said on Tuesday night.

11 more die due to Egypt's heatwave, bringing overall death toll to 87

Eleven people died in Egyptian hospitals on Thursday due to hot weather, raising the total death toll this week due to the current heatwave to 87, according to the health ministry.

Egypt's ongoing heatwave claims more lives, toll climbs to 61

Egypt’s continuing heatwave took 21 lives on Tuesday, driving the death toll to 61 in three days, the health minister said.

Heat wave kills 40 people in 3 days (Egypt's health ministry)

The heat wave that Egypt has been facing over the last three days has been responsible for the death of 40 people and 187 others suffering from heat stress, mostly the elderly, a health ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Former German chancellor Schmidt in hospital 'for dehydration'

Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, 96, is being treated in hospital for dehydration, reports said Saturday.

A spokesman for the St Georg clinic in the northern city of Hamburg confirmed that the former Social Democrat chancellor had been admitted on Friday without giving details of his condition.

Unusual heat waves to continue in Europe. (so early and so widespread)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Friday warned that many parts of Europe will see high or extremely high heat in the coming days.

Death toll from Pakistan heat waves reaches 474 (state TV)

Death toll from the heat waves in Pakistan's southern parts has reached 474, state television reported early Tuesday.

Nearly 300 have died in four major hospitals in the port city of Karachi, the provincial capital, a senior health official, Saeed Mangnejo, told the media.