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A hosepipe ban is being introduced to Cornwall and parts of Devon from Tuesday next week, South West Water has announced. more

Thunderstorms have started to hit the UK as a spell of extreme hot weather draws to a close. more

Thousands of homes and businesses are without power this morning following thunderstorms across the country. more

Since the start of this year, there have been three times as many raging wildland fires in the UK as in the whole of 2021. - The chairman of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Mark Hardingham announced yesterday.more

Heatwaves have exceeded expectations from climate models. July's record-breaking temperatures in the UK have been exceeded earlier than scientists had anticipated, Nature reports.more

This year's drought is the most severe in Spain's history, according to hydrological data from the Pedro Sanchez government. The estimates are based on analyses by the Ministry of Ecology and Demography.more

Hundreds of parched families sweltered in snaking queues for bottled water after ‘technical issues’ from Britain’s leakiest water company caused their taps to run dry.more

The Met Office has issued a warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers across swathes of the UK on Monday in the wake of the heatwave currently scorching the country after months of low rainfall.more

Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.more

The heatwave will be long over by Christmas – but its impact might be plain to see around the dinner table.more

The Environment Agency has moved into drought in eight of its 14 areas: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Herts and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands.more

Sainsbury's and Tesco have joined other supermarket chains in removing disposable barbecues from their shop shelves during the current heatwave.more

Yorkshire Water has become the fifth company in England and Wales to announce a hosepipe ban as Britons continue to swelter through hot and dry conditions.more

Scientists predict that increasingly warmer nights resulting from observed climate change will increase global mortality rates by up to 60 per cent by the end of the century, reports the journal The Lancet Planetary Health.more

The Met Office has issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning, meaning vulnerable people's health could be impacted and travel could be disrupted. more

Hosepipe bans are being introduced in some parts of southern England and Wales after unseasonably dry weather. People living in these areas will not be allowed to use hosepipes to water lawns or plants, to clean cars or fill paddling pools.more

Due to the impending heat, during which the temperature in the Netherlands is to exceed 30 degrees Celsius, the so-called National Heat Plan (Nationaal Hitteplan).more

Environmental groups say the prolonged dry spell is having a "serious" impact on wildlife in rivers.more

Globally, July 2022 was one of the three warmest Julys ever measured, reports the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (C3S) in its monthly climate bulletin.more

As the heatwave approaches the UK, temperatures will not be as high as they were in July, when 40 degrees C was first exceeded, but it will be longer, the Met Office predicts.more

In France, preparations are underway for a fourth heat wave during the worst drought in the country, the Reuters news agency said. The office of the French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, set up a crisis team.more

Londoners have been told to prepare for a second heatwave in a month with temperatures tipped to reach 33C next week, as a hosepipe ban was coming into force in southern England. more

16 Italian cities today have the highest level of heat alert. Temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius and dangerous to health, especially for the weakest, will prevail in Rome, Florence, Venice, Turin and Milan, among others.more

Gardening gurus explain where water should be prioritised as restrictions come into force – and it is not the front lawn.more

The water temperature in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern shores of Spain rose in August to a record level of 30 degrees Celsius, the state meteorological agency Aemet in Madrid reported yesterday.more