A new heat wave alert has raised the alarm worldwide as Europe and the Middle East battled an extremely scorching hot weather ...

The severe heat wave in Greece has also been reflected across much of southern Europe and Northern Africa. In Algeria at least 34 people have died as wildfires raged through residential areas ...

International assistance is rushing to Greece to aid in the battle against devastating wildfires that have been exacerbated by a relentless heat wave engulfing much of southern Europe, with ...

ATHENS (AFP) — Greece's top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day heat ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle wildfires that have intensified as a heat wave baked much of ...

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was ...

For them, naming a heat wave may have limited, if any, impact, but it could raise overall awareness within a community, and prompt people to check in those who are more vulnerable.

Southern Europe is baking, thanks to a relentless heat wave with temperatures breaking records across Italy, Spain and Greece. This extreme weather, coupled with one of the busiest tourist seasons ...

And it has an impact. Extreme heat can disrupt typical brain activity, said Kim Meidenbauer, a neuroscientist at Washington State University. The brain networks that usually allow people to think ...