A report shows that at least 360 people have died in a week during the heat wave in Spain.

In Portugal, a waterbombing plane crashes in Vila Nova de Foz Côa while fighting wildfires in the region, killing the pilot, and in Spain, around 2,300 people are evacuated from the Costa del Sol due to wildfires in the Mijas hills.
2022-07-16

Portugal reports 238 deaths related to the ongoing heat wave as it battles more than 30 active wildfires. In France, more than 10,000 people have fled wildfires in Gironde and in Spain, firefighters continue to battle forest fires near the town of Monsagro.
2022-07-15

A national emergency is declared in the United Kingdom, with the first ever red alert for extreme heat being issued by the Met Office, ahead of a heat wave which is now expected to break temperature records in the British Isles.
2022-07-15

French authorities issue a warning as temperatures reach as high as 40 °C amid ongoing wildfires.
2022-07-11

British authorities issue a level 2 warning as a heat wave continues.
2022-07-8

Portugal issues warnings of temperatures as high as 43 °C amid a drought and wildfires in parts of the country.
2022-07-8

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2022-07-16

July 2022 European heat wave

A report shows that at least 360 people have died in a week during the heat wave in Spain.

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