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El Nio threat looms: record heat and extreme weather forecast by 2026

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11 months · 17 summary articles

  1. France and Europe brace for extreme heat as tuberculosis scare emerges in Spain

    14 days ago
  2. Franois Englert, Nobel-winning Higgs physicist, dies at 93

    14 days ago
  3. Heatwave forces schools to consider hitzefrei as parents scramble for childcare

    15 days ago
  4. Europe braces for extreme heatwave: France and Germany issue red alerts as temperatures soar

    15 days ago
  5. Europe scorches under 40C heatwave as storms disrupt north

    16 days ago
  6. Wildfires force village confinements in Catalonia as global blazes surge

    16 days ago
  7. Europe braces for dual extremes: Arctic storms hit Finland as Tropical Storm Arthur floods Texas

    16 days ago
  8. Portugal fast-tracks wind and solar permits to meet EU climate targets

    16 days ago
  9. Europes worst heatwave in years sparks red alerts across Central and Eastern Europe

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  10. Social media overtakes TV as top news source for under-35s

    18 days ago
  11. Europe braces for extreme heat and violent storms as scorching temperatures and severe thunderstorms sweep across the continent.

    18 days ago
  12. Greece warns stronger quake may follow 6.2-magnitude tremor

    19 days ago
  13. Global food crisis deepens: El Nio and Iran war drive prices to record highs

    19 days ago
  14. Austrian heatwave peaks at 35C as thunderstorms threaten Alpine regions

    19 days ago
  15. El Nio threat looms: record heat and extreme weather forecast by 2026

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  16. Europes record heatwave surges east as Germany sets new national temperature record

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  17. Europes relentless heatwave sparks warnings, storms and water rationing across continent

    11 months agorevised 19×
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France and Europe brace for extreme heat as tuberculosis scare emerges in Spain

14 days ago

Franois Englert, Nobel-winning Higgs physicist, dies at 93

14 days ago

Heatwave forces schools to consider hitzefrei as parents scramble for childcare

15 days ago

Europe braces for extreme heatwave: France and Germany issue red alerts as temperatures soar

15 days ago

Europe scorches under 40C heatwave as storms disrupt north

16 days ago

Wildfires force village confinements in Catalonia as global blazes surge

16 days ago

Europe braces for dual extremes: Arctic storms hit Finland as Tropical Storm Arthur floods Texas

16 days ago

Portugal fast-tracks wind and solar permits to meet EU climate targets

16 days ago

Europes worst heatwave in years sparks red alerts across Central and Eastern Europe

17 days ago
revised 5×

Social media overtakes TV as top news source for under-35s

18 days ago

Europe braces for extreme heat and violent storms as scorching temperatures and severe thunderstorms sweep across the continent.

18 days ago

Greece warns stronger quake may follow 6.2-magnitude tremor

19 days ago

Global food crisis deepens: El Nio and Iran war drive prices to record highs

19 days ago

Austrian heatwave peaks at 35C as thunderstorms threaten Alpine regions

19 days ago

El Nio threat looms: record heat and extreme weather forecast by 2026

Current story
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Europes record heatwave surges east as Germany sets new national temperature record

about 1 month ago
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Europes relentless heatwave sparks warnings, storms and water rationing across continent

11 months ago
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The world’s leading climate monitors are warning that the developing El Niño event could reach “moderate to strong” or even “strong to potentially unprecedented” intensity by the end of 2026, raising the prospect of record-breaking global temperatures and more extreme weather. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ Copernicus programme said every forecast model has been revised upward since 1 May, with the latest monthly outlook pointing to a high likelihood of a powerful episode. “All models have shifted to the top end of the range,” the observatory’s director told *Le Monde* .

The alert comes as May 2026 was confirmed as the second-warmest May on record globally, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, reinforcing a trend of accelerating heatwaves. Scientists warn that the combination of a strong El Niño and long-term climate change could push 2026 beyond 2023 and 2024 as the hottest year yet. “The planet is already in uncharted territory,” said the director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, as researchers reported a surge in icebergs off Greenland that threatens shipping lanes .

In Europe, governments and health services are bracing for a summer of extreme heat. A coalition of more than 150 German organisations has demanded systematic heat-protection measures, warning that a multi-day heat dome could cause “thousands of deaths” . In Brandenburg, the AOK health insurer reported a sharp rise in sick leave during hot spells, linking the trend to increasingly frequent 30 °C-plus days .

Meanwhile, southern Germany’s Alpine region is defying climate anxiety. Seilbahn operators in South Tyrol report record summer visitor numbers, with more than ten million people carried uphill in the first half of 2026 alone. “Skiing is not dead,” said one industry executive quoted in the *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*, pointing to year-round tourism as a hedge against warming winters .

Meteorologists elsewhere are struggling to explain erratic June weather. In Ireland, Met Éireann forecaster Linda Hughes said persistent heavy showers are the result of unstable air masses over the Atlantic, leaving summer feeling unseasonably cool and damp . Across Scandinavia, forecasters are advising umbrella-ready commuters for school-leaving ceremonies, with rain sweeping in ahead of the weekend .

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