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Provisional Counts Put June Heatwave Deaths Across Europe at More Than 12,000

Rapid attribution links June's record temperatures to human-driven warming and the WHO urges governments to treat extreme heat as a health emergency.

South Korea Triggers First Emergency Heatwave Warning for Gyeongsan and Pohang

Western Europe Records Its Hottest June on Record

Study Maps India’s Heat Toll and Estimates 3,400 Deaths in One Day and Nearly 30,000 in Five

Western Europe Swelters Under Early Heat Dome as Records Break

Report Finds Heat and Pollution Are Squeezing India’s Health and Economy

HeatWatch Tallies 84 Heatstroke Deaths in India’s 2025 Hot Season, Exposing Gaps in Official Counts

France’s August Heatwave Drove Nearly 300 Daily ER Visits at Peak

India’s 2025 Heatwave Data Shows 7,192 Suspected Cases, 14 Confirmed Deaths

480 Excess Deaths Recorded in France’s Early Summer Heat Wave

Record Summer Heat Fuels Sharp Rise in French Drownings and Deaths

Delhi Launches Pilot of Battery-Powered Cooling Vests for Field Workers

Supreme Court Demands Government Action on Heatwave Preparedness in India

India Prepares for Record-Breaking Summer as IMD Predicts Intense Heatwaves

Study Reveals Young Adults Face Higher Risk of Heat-Related Deaths in Mexico

2023 Shatters Climate Records with Unprecedented Ocean and Atmospheric Heat