Heatwave

More than 146 million people around the US were under heat alerts on Monday (local time), especially in the western states.

Extreme heat alerts affected tens of millions of people as cities broke records.

Authorities in Greece closed down the Acropolis in Athens during the afternoon for a second day on Thursday (Friday AEST) as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures.

However, it could take months before the results of post-mortem tests into the death of the health guru are known.

Summer is yet to peak for India, but the mercury has already nudged 50 degrees.

The boiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the northern hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.

Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-metre long section of the highway collapsed.

New research has shown the searing conditions many renters are living in during summer.

Millions of people are bracing for a third day of extreme heat.

Several people have been rushed to hospital after suspected drug overdoses at two Victorian music festivals.

Parts of the state will feel temperatures in the high 30s for five consecutive days.

The hot conditions in many states and territories are set to linger over coming weeks.

But climate scientists warn even more extreme weather is yet to come.

The mercury will nudge 40 degrees in parts of the city before cooler conditions arrive later today.

A fire burning for a week in Victoria's west remains out of control despite light rain and cooler conditions.

Some neighbourhoods will become so hot within the next generation people will struggle to live there, a disturbing new analysis has found.

Record-smashing conditions are the sort of things scientists were expecting. But not until climate change is twice as bad as it already is.

Tomorrow is 'likely to be one of the most dangerous days Victoria has experienced', Premier Jacinta Allan is warning.

Firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze in western Victoria that covers 13,000 hectares.

Authorities have extended warnings to encompass more towns as a devastating fire rages across western parts of the state.

Firefighters across the state are bracing for dangerous conditions today.

There is a warning of extreme fire danger for the Perth region today as strong winds carry the scorching heat.

It's possible Australia's hottest ever temperature will be felt - but it's unlikely to be officially recorded.

Millions of Australians have been told to prepare for extreme weather with much of the country under heatwave warnings today.

If the forecast is correct, it will the city's longest run of 30-plus degree days since February last year.

An emergency warning has been issued for parts of Albany, south of Perth.

From the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast, every state and territory in Australia is expected to see heatwave conditions this weekend.

Temperature records were broken in parts of the state as the severe heatwave continues today.

Residents across Victoria have been warned of an impending heatwave, with the mercury forecast to reach a stifling 40 degrees.

A total fire ban has been issued for large parts of the state's south-west.

Temperatures have plummeted more than 10 degrees in an hour as a cool change sweeps through the state.

The mercury is set to climb to 35 in central Sydney but a humid air mass could make it feel up to 10 degrees hotter.

The mercury is forecast to soar to 40 degrees or more in some parts of NSW and Queensland from today.

Vulnerable residents are being warned to take precautions as the mercury soars over coming hours.

On Sunday it hit 38 degrees at the airport and further west in Penrith, and by 8pm it was still 30 degrees in the CBD.

A major rescue has unfolded on Sydney's Northern Beaches, as the city basked in Sunday heat.

The mercury could nudge the national record in one region.

If you thought it was muggier than usual today across Sydney you'd be right.

When blistering extreme heat gripped India's capital, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling.

A leaked forensics report shows that the cause of death of a Taylor Swift fan at a concert in Rio de Janeiro last month was heat exhaustion.

Western suburbs will feel the brunt of the heat, with the mercury forecast to nudge 40 degrees in coming hours.

Most of New South Wales is expected to swelter today, as the state is issued with a second heatwave warning in two weeks.

Relief from the scorching conditions isn't expected until next week.

The head of the talks called the achievement historic but critics are worried it's full of loopholes and could even be a step backwards.

The thermostat had already surged past 34C by 11am and is only set to get hotter, prompting an urgent warning from fire crews.

It's a feeling every Australian knows all too well: being completely unable to properly cool down on a hot and humid summer's day.

Thunder, lighting and heavy rain lashed parts of Melbourne last night.

Negotiators are scrambling last-ditch meetings to salvage more ambitious language to address the cause of the climate crisis.

Heatwave conditions will begin today and last until late into the week.