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  • Europe counts the dead after record heatwave

    Europe counts the dead after record heatwave

    Europe is counting the dead after record temperatures were recorded across the continent last week, including in France, Britain and Spain. France has recorded around 1,000 excess deaths during the heatwave, according to public-health authorities. Daily deaths rose above 1,200 on 24 June and exceeded 1,400 on 25 and 26 June, compared with around 900…

  • Portugal records hottest ever day in May at 40.3°C in Mora

    Portugal records hottest ever day in May at 40.3°C in Mora

    Earlier this week on Wednesday, Portugal recorded the highest temperature in history for the month of May at 40.3°C in the town of Mora, south of Portugal. The record reading comes during an unprecedented heatwave engulfing the Iberian peninsula and also many parts of France. The record has been confirmed by the state’s meteorological institute…

  • This is a good time to start panicking on climate change

    This is a good time to start panicking on climate change

    Heat levels in every scenario seem to be going parabolic and it seems to be an unstoppable trend. Climate catastrophe is gradually becoming ever more a real prospect. Many parts of the world will become unhabitable.   Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher