Climate change the culprit for Europe’s ‘most severe’ heatwave: Report
Key takeaways
- The extreme June temperatures would have been ‘virtually impossible’ 50 years ago, says the World Weather Attribution group.
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- Millions in France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe have been experiencing blazing heat this week, with daytime temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many places.
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The extreme June temperatures would have been ‘virtually impossible’ 50 years ago, says the World Weather Attribution group.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A construction worker drinks water amid extreme heat in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 25 [Michael Probst/AP Photo]By AFPPublished On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026The historic heatwave gripping Europe is part of a dangerous weather trend that can only be explained by human-caused climate change, scientists have said.
The extreme temperatures sweeping across much of Europe mark the region’s “most severe” heatwave ever tracked for the month, and would have been “virtually impossible” half a century ago, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said in a report released on Friday.