Austria recorded its all-time high temperature of 41C (105.8F) on Tuesday as a heat wave gripped the country, according to the country’s weather agency.
Scientists have confirmed that summer 2024 broke global heat records for the second consecutive year, making 2024 likely to be the hottest year in recorded history.
The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent baking in record-shattering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) reached in a Siberian town last year was a record for the Arctic.