While this week isn't too pretty, next week is due some warmer weather

Anticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the country

Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month

Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift

Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimed weak policies put them at greater risk of death from heatwaves

Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimed inaction on the climate crisis by their government put them at greater risk of death from heatwaves

Governments across region grappling for response as temperatures soar to unseasonable highs

A hail storm battered northern Thailand on Thursday 28 March, amid a tropical downpour. Shocked residents watched as the thick hail stones crashed down on their village in Bueng Kan province. Thailand and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia will ...

Heavy rain turned a busy road in southern Thailand into a canal - with cars splashing through the deluge. The scene was captured at Saveone Market in Nakhon Ratchasima on the evening of Thursday 28 March. It came as the Thai Meteorological Departmen ...

High temperatures in February affected millions of people and put further pressure on chocolate prices

This bizarre sea creature could have negative effects on animals on the marine food web, scientists say

Authorities advise parents to keep children indoors during extreme heatwave, expected to last two weeks

Meanwhile, South Sudan has ordered schools shut amid extreme heatwave

Researchers hope the findings will inform policymakers planning cities for a warming world

Order to leave 4% of land fallow to encourage biodiversity waived for year in light of cash squeeze caused by flooding, drought and heatwaves

Nature-based solutions such as parks and ponds are recommended – as is giving heatwaves names

Spain witnesses three days of record-breaking December heat after summer of heatwaves

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Bananas, rice, tea, coffee and sugar among £8bn of UK food imports from countries struggling to cope with increasingly extreme weather, ECIU analysis finds

Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face