Britain expands heat alerts while estimates suggest June’s death toll could surpass 20,000 across continent
The UK is sweltering through the peak of its third heatwave of the year as countries around Europe struggle to recover from an early onslaught of baking summer heat.
Punishing temperatures pushed higher by fossil fuel pollution have
broken records
across the continent in recent weeks. Western Europe experienced
its hottest June on record
, scientists confirmed on Thursday, accompanied by
high global ocean temperatures
that could cause “mass-mortality events” for some species.

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