Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say
Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink supplies A healthy diet in the UK will be put...
Category : Extreme weather
Storm Hans causes havoc in Norway with heaviest rain in 25 years forecast
Landslides, a stranded town and two deaths so far reported as extreme weather sweeps across south of the country A powerful storm has brought destruction...
Snowploughs deployed in German city after heavy August hailstorm – video
A summer hailstorm in Reutlingen led to winter-like scenes and temporarily interrupted traffic, with about 30cm of hail falling in some areas. Authorities deployed snowploughs...
‘This is another beast’: UN chief heat officer on living amid fires, how to cool cities and fears for her daughter
Eleni Myrivili, whose job is to help cities prepare for extreme heat, says many people do not understand how deadly it can be It is...
Most fires in Greece were started ‘by human hand’, government says
Official blames arsonists for the majority of 667 blazes that have spread in the extreme weather Most of the 667 fires that have erupted across...
‘Everyone is indoors’: life on pause on hottest day of Greek heatwave
There were few people to be seen in Mystras as temperatures were forecast to reach 46C “It’s hot,” said Panagiotis Vahaviolos, with some understatement. “So...
High winds expected to impede fight against wildfires in Rhodes
Thousands of people forced to evacuate on Greek island, including 3,000 who had to be ferried off beaches Thousands of tourists and residents have been...
‘It’s brutal’: Europeans tell of sleepless nights and dizzy spells in heatwave
People in Italy, Spain and Greece describe their day-to-day struggles in soaring temperatures With sea temperatures in the high 20s, open-water swimmer Grabiela Rojas feels...
Hailstorms pummel northern Italy after days of extreme heat – video report
Videos shared on social media showed hailstorms hitting the regions of Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy as the country recovers from its third heatwave...
Extreme weather continues across Europe as further heatwave looms
Temperatures remain high as hailstorms hit northern Italy, with fourth heatwave forecast to hit southern Europe next week Hailstorms have hit northern Italy as near-record...
