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Extreme heatwaves smash all-time temperature records across Europe

Temperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues, The Guardian reported on August 7.

7 August, 12:09 PM

Record-shattering European heatwave sparks over 10,000 excess deaths in late June

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during a record-breaking late-June heatwave, Reuters reported, citing data from the European mortality monitoring network EuroMOMO, on July 13.

13 July, 10:53 AM

Wildfire in southern Spain claims 12 lives as record heatwave scorches Europe - video

Twelve people were killed as a result of a forest fire in the town of Bédar in the Spanish province of Almería, The Guardian reported on July 10.

10 July, 12:15 PM

Heat wave drives electricity demand and power prices higher across Europe

June's heat wave across Europe drove a sharp rise in electricity demand and wholesale power prices, exposing the growing strain climate change and expanding air conditioning use are placing on the region's energy systems, Euronews reported on July 4.

4 July, 04:05 PM

Russian attacks cause fresh power outages across six Ukrainian regions

Russian strikes left consumers without electricity in six Ukrainian regions as of the morning of July 1, while extreme heat exacerbated widespread outages, Ukraine's national power grid operator, Ukrenergo, reported.

1 July, 03:04 PM

Chornobyl fires sparked by Russian drones worsen air quality in Kyiv area

Firefighters are battling forest fires in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone that broke out after Russian drones crashed in the area, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management said.

30 June, 10:27 AM

About 1,000 deaths in France linked to recent heatwave

France recorded about 1,000 more deaths than usual this month, a rise that can likely be attributed to the record-breaking heatwave that swept the country in recent days, Politico reported on June 28.

28 June, 11:19 PM

Heat-induced rolling blackouts return to Ukraine

After nearly three weeks of uninterrupted power supply nation-wide, Ukraine’s power grid operator Ukrenergo announced a return to scheduled rolling blackouts on Aug. 19.

19 August 2024, 09:00 PM

Passenger dies on Ukrainian train without air conditioning

A passenger died from the heat aboard the Zaporizhzhya-Uzhhorod night express train, which lacked air conditioning, according to Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, head of the passenger service of Ukrainian Railways. He discussed the incident on the 1+1 Breakfast TV program on July 19.

19 July 2024, 06:10 PM

Ten temperature records shattered in Kyiv's July heat wave

Since the beginning of July, Kyiv has shattered ten temperature records, the Borys Sreznevskyi Central Geophysical Observatory reported on July 15.

15 July 2024, 04:21 PM

Ukraine faces peak electricity demand amid heat wave and Russian attacks

Electricity consumption in Ukraine has surged to its peak due to a heat wave, exacerbated by Russian attacks on the energy sector, leaving Ukrainian power stations unable to meet demand, Ukraine's National Power Company Ukrenergo reported on Telegram on July 15.

15 July 2024, 12:57 PM

Extreme heat triggers energy infrastructure fires in western Ukraine

Fires and emergency breakdowns at energy infrastructure facilities in western Ukraine due to an extreme heat wave were reported by the country’s Energy Ministry on Telegram on July 14.

14 July 2024, 06:47 PM

Ukrenergo warns of increased power outages amid heatwave

The number and duration of power outages will be increased to cope with “high electricity consumption caused by a heatwave,” the national power grid operator Ukrenergowrote on Telegram on July 1.

1 July 2024, 01:40 PM

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