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Extreme heatwaves in Greece are killing British, including one elderly woman who was knocked unconcious while swimming in the sea.

Italy has been struck with a third heatwave in as many as two months.

Global warming has left Europe ablaze, following wildfires that have spread through Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal in the last month.

Following Cyclone Biparjoy, a UNICEF report has revealed that three-quarters of children in South Asia are exposed to life-threatening climate extremes.

Climate extremes have intensified and are affecting developing countries the most, with experts saying "the era of global boiling has arrived".

Climate change is causing record-setting temperatures to become more frequent. It has become the biggest threat to the survival of humanity.

Spain recorded its hottest-ever summer last year.

Millions of dead fish were found in a river in the Australian Outback after the country saw record temperatures.

2022 Europe's hottest summer on record: EU monitor

A record-breaking heat wave is expected to hit California on Wednesday, bringing temperatures of up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46?C) in the state's inland valleys and 100 degrees along the coast over the Labor Day weekend, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.

The drought in Spain has not only caused water bodies to almost run dry, but has also forced several historic monuments to re-emerge.

With the heatwave, the drought, the cost-of-living crisis and now a shortage of pumpkins, the troubles for Brits do not seem to end anytime soon.

Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch

The drought in the US has uncovered the ugly secrets of Lake Mead with another set of human remains resurfacing within a span of a few weeks.

China has been forced to artificially induce rain as its crucial Yangtze River is running at extremely low water levels.

Coupled with dry, baked soils which are particularly vulnerable to creating fast runoff, the heavy, localised downpours that accompany thunderstorms can cause flash flooding.

Ongoing wildfires in France have already released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, new satellite data has shown https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/intense-wildfire-activity-southwestern-europe-amid-heatwaves-and-dry-conditions?utm_source=press&utm_medium=outreach&utm_campaign=wildfires.

The source of the River Thames has dried up further downstream than ever before, as England looks set to enter a drought that some experts say the country is unprepared for.

Wildfires tore through parts of France, Spain and Portugal on Thursday as heatwaves baked Europe and the head of the European Space Agency urged immediate action to fight climate change.

Following a heatwave alert, the UK Met Office has now said that parts of England and Wales face an "exceptional" risk of wildfires in the coming days.

The heatwave and dry weather conditions have created drought-like conditions in many parts of England, & a village in Oxfordshire has become its latest victim.

The sweltering conditions come just weeks after the last heatwave pushed the mercury over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in Britain.

South East Water has announced a hosepipe ban for Kent and Sussex which will come into effect from August 12.

The heatwave coupled with dry weather conditions has dried up the Thames River near its official start point in Gloucester.

The whole of England recorded an average of 23.1 mm of rain -- the lowest figure for the month since 1935 and the seventh lowest July total on record.

A lack of snow during winter has left glaciers at high altitude exposed and riddled with cracks

The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday.

The authorities in the UK have urged people to limit their water usage as the country faces its driest weather since 1976.

Heatwaves in Europe in 2003 and in western Russia in 2010 killed around 70,000 and 55,000 people respectively.

Heatwaves have worrying implications for human health including sleep loss, mental illness, and increased mortality and suicide rates.