France enters fifth heatwave with 22 départements on alert

Forecasters on Monday extended orange heatwave alerts to 22 départements in central and south-eastern France, up from 13 on Sunday as the fifth ‘canicule’ of the summer extends its grip on the country.

The bone dry weather is due to continue this week which will see several areas of England enter drought status. Southern England has gone nearly two months since any major rain

Hong Kong authorities are under pressure to review the warning system for heat stress at work after it remained at the lowest risk level on Sunday, despite the city sweltering through its hottest day on record. Labour unionists, joined by a leading meteorologist, also proposed relaxing the law to recognise heatstroke a

The health alerts run 9am Saturday to 9pm Tuesday and warn that the hot weather is likely to affect the wellbeing of the population.

Sightseers shield themselves from the scorching sun outside Buckingham Palace (Picture: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock) The UK is set to bake under a fifth heatwave, with new heat health alerts in place and highs of 36°C forecast. The yellow heat health alerts run from 9am on Saturday to 9pm on Tuesday and war

Heat health alerts have come into force as the fifth heatwave of the year approaches the UK, with parts of the country to see scorching highs of 36C next week.The yellow heat health alerts became active at 9am on Saturday and will run until 9pm on Tuesday.They warn the hot weather is likely to affect the wellbeing of t

By Mathilde Grandjean, Pol Allingham, Catherine Wylie and Ian Jones, Press AssociationHeat health alerts have come into force as the fifth heatwave of the year approaches the UK, with parts of the country to see scorching highs of 36C next week.The yellow heat health alerts became active at 9am on Saturday and will run

The UK is bracing for its fifth heatwave of the year, as new heat alerts come into force with possible highs of 36C (97F) on the way.