Around 2,300 individuals succumbed to heat-related illnesses across 12 European cities during the intense heatwave that concluded last week.

Video. After days of extreme heat, powerful storms swept through parts of Central and Eastern Europe, causing deaths and widespread damage.

Greece shuts the Acropolis due to a major heatwave with temperatures reaching 41°C. Part of broader European heatwave, it prompts closures and work pauses to protect people, especially in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Europe Scorched by Record-Breaking Heatwave Amid Climate Crisis | Vantage on Firstpost | N18G A dangerous and unprecedented heatwave is sweeping across Europe, with temperatures soaring far above seasonal norms due to accelerating climate change.

Both the Vistula in Poland and the Danube in Hungary, two of Europe’s biggest rivers, have reached record-low water levels as Europe’s unprecedentedheatwave intensifies and starts to cause major economic damage.

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While workers suffer in deadly temperatures made more frequent and severe by climate change, European governments are sabotaging the required reduction in carbon emissions to guard the interests of big business and doing nothing to protect working people and the most vulnerable from the impact of extreme heat.