Europe sweltering in record heat wave
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Lions licked blood-flavored ice blocks in the zoo, judges went wigless in court and guards at Buckingham Palace ducked into the shade.
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By LUCIE VAN DEN BERG  WITH stories of Ireland becoming the new Mediterranean due to global warming, many could be forgiven for thinking it has already happened.   The country bathed in the warmest weather of the year at the weekend as the mercury rose to balmy 25 degrees.
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A heat wave that has hit Romania in the past week has killed at least 18 people and caused hundreds to collapse in the street, authorities said Monday.
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Families throughout Europe are spending anxious hours desperate for news of loved ones after giant waves slammed into some of the world's most popular south Asian resorts at peak season, killing thousands of ...
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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BBC News website readers in the US and Europe have been describing the extreme heatwaves sweeping their regions.
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Torrential downpours around Britain left three dead and hundreds stranded on Monday as storms continued to batter Russia and a heatwave in southern Europe led to further deaths and sparked fires.
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South-Eastern Europe reels from a wave of extremely hot weather that has killed several people.
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Britain could soon swelter in the highest temperatures ever recorded, weather forecasters said, with a 30 percent chance that Wednesday will become the country&#039;s hottest day ever.
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It's shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record.
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COPENHAGEN -- Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps, and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europe's environmental agency warned yesterday.
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Emissions of greenhouse gases have more than doubled the risk of European heatwaves similar to last year&#39;s, according to a study by UK scientists.
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France and Italy reported new victims of a heatwave that has engulfed Europe for the last two weeks, bringing the number of deaths to more than 80 people, as storms also took their toll.
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Sweltering residents across the West headed for lakes and rivers on Thursday, seeking relief from triple-digit temperatures expected to set records through at least Friday.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year&#39;s, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A new heatwave hits crops and water supplies in Romania, with temperatures set to soar to 40C.
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South-Eastern Europe reels from a wave of extremely hot weather that has killed more than 30 people.