To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at ...

Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the ...

According to France’s national environment agency Ademe, only 25 per cent of French homes had air conditioning in 2020 which ...

Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that ...

French authorities imposed precautions as temperatures peaked on Tuesday in a heatwave that has gripped all of Europe. The French government said it expected nearly 1,350 schools to be partially ...

Paris was on red alert for high temperatures on Tuesday, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and ...

Wildfires have killed two people in Spain and two others have died in France because of a heatwave that has gripped Europe ...

Rome and Paris zoos served up frozen treats to its animals on Wednesday as the European capitals were caught in a severe heat ...

The Acropolis is closing temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continue to grip Greece. The popular site in the ...

A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been ...