A wildfire has burned through 2,000 hectares of vegetation near the southern French city of Narbonne, leading to the closure ...

Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that ...

The worst heat was felt in southern Europe, while punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in ...

Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heat wave continues to grip much of Europe this ...

Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the ...

France's ecological transition minister, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said the two deaths in her country were a result of ...

Wildfires have killed two people in Spain and two others have died in France because of a heatwave that has gripped Europe ...

Paris was on red alert for high temperatures on Tuesday, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and ...

France has issued heatwave warnings for half of all mainland counties, including 19 maximum "red alerts". RFI explains how the French system works and what the different alert levels mean in practice.

Rome and Paris zoos served up frozen treats to its animals on Wednesday as the European capitals were caught in a severe heat ...

France has been blazing this week. It recorded its highest temperature ever on Friday, 113 degrees. But temperature records have been rising all over the country, including in Deauville, Normandy.