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Satellite image of drought in western Europe

Environment

Europe鈥檚 extreme drought is exacerbating food and energy crises

Rain forecast this week will not be enough to end Europe's drought, which could be the worst the continent has had in 500 years.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Noah Berger/AP/Shutterstock (13057572c) Firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif Western Wildfires, Klamath National Forest, United States - 30 Jul 2022

Environment

‘Dry lightning’ sparked the most destructive wildfires in California

Data center in server room

Technology

Heatwave is forcing some UK firms to turn off high-power computers

Map of UK showing heat alert

Environment

UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40掳C heat

Sign showing temperature of 43掳C.

Health

Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Goldman/AP/Shutterstock (12856458a) A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, . Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average Hot Poles, Nuup Kangerlua Fjord, Greenland

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Arctic and Antarctic see extreme heat and historically low sea ice

TOPSHOT - A man paddles his kayak next to a submerged bus on a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

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Record flooding in Australia driven by La Ni帽a and climate change

Lighting, thunder and severe weather on the Great Plains

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Lightning flash measuring 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded

A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RAP9BI0EP

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2021 in review: Weather records aren鈥檛 just broken, they鈥檙e smashed