Western Europe faced another day of record-breaking temperatures Tuesday as a heatwave pushed the mercury well above normal levels for May. A so-called "heat dome" of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the sort of heat not usually seen until high summer.
More climate records under threat as spring heatwave bakes western Europe
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Sat 13:07 - Aftenposten (NO)
Heat wave in Europe - records may be broken
Sun 00:54 - BBC Headlines
Heatwave likely to be confirmed as record-breaking temperatures forecast
Mon 00:18 - BBC Headlines
UK braces for hottest May day on record as 30C heat continues
Mon 08:53 - Politico EU
Europe sweats as ‘heat dome’ causes record May temperatures
Mon 10:53 - France 24
Runners collapse as temperatures soar across France
Tue 08:10 - DW
Unseasonal May heat wave grips Europe
Tue 08:10 - DW World
Unseasonal May heat wave grips Europe
Tue 13:52 - NYT Europe
UK Heat Wave Could Break May Temperature Record
Tue 14:16 - Euronews
Britons flock to beaches and pools as UK breaks May heat record
Tue 15:34 - France 24
'Heat dome': Heatwave conditions hit France and parts of Europe
Tue 15:39 - Al-Monitor
Between heat and war, Saudi Arabia seeks incident-free Hajj
Tue 16:32 - Le Figaro
LIVE - Heatwave: a new heat record for the month of May broken this Tuesday
Tue 16:46 - BBC Headlines
Paris 'punishingly hot' as Western Europe hit by heatwave
Tue 16:49 - NYT Europe
A Spring Heat Wave is Breaking Records in the U.K., Spain and France
Tue 16:52 - Financial Times
UK and Europe shatter heat records in ‘mind-boggling’ May
Tue 18:13 - France 24
Why is Europe heating up faster than the rest of the world?
Wed 00:30 - France 24
Temperatures soar across Europe as 'heat dome' drives May records
Wed 03:40 - BBC Headlines
How long will the heatwave last?
Wed 04:35 - Le Figaro
LIVE - Heatwave: France is suffocating under the “heat dome”, 13 departments on orange alert and speed reduced in Île-de-France
Wed 10:14 - Euronews
The heatwave affecting Europe is 'unprecedented and historic'
Wed 19:49 - France 24
Hotter than July: Can electrification save humanity from soaring heat?
Thu 05:57 - Euronews
Europe Today: International Energy Agency warns of biggest energy security crisis in modern history
Thu 06:28 - Euronews
Ireland records 30C while Portugal nears 37C in May heat
Thu 07:18 - Euronews
Heat dome turns May into August in Spain as temperatures near 40C
Thu 23:55 - BBC Headlines
Are 'heat spikes' becoming more common?
Fri 09:47 - The Guardian
Weather tracker: deadly May heatwave shatters records across Europe
Fri 13:32 - France 24
More climate records under threat as spring heatwave bakes western Europe