All news on the topic: Extreme heat

A new record high temperature has been set for June for the second day in a row as the UK swelters in a punishing heatwave.

Two children aged four and two have been found dead in their family’s car in south-eastern France, the local prosecutor said, as a large swathe of western Europe suffers a ferocious heatwave forecast to shatter absolute temperature records.

The Met Office today issued a rare red ’danger to life’ extreme heat warning for ’significant disruption to daily life’ as the UK faces road, rail and air travel chaos.

A rare red weather warning has been issued for extreme heat as temperatures are set to skyrocket to 40C this week.

A new wave of scorching temperatures next week is set to bring significant discomfort for millions of school children packed into busy classrooms.

A 16-day heatwave that Spain experienced this month was "the most intense on record," the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has reported.