A wildfire in Northern California that continues to grow overnight on Sunday has now partly being contained by the firefighters. The US National weather service has issued heat warnings that will remain in place through Tuesday evening.

California wildfire partly contained by firefighters, mandatory evacuations ordered

Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered.

Millions in the US, Canada hit by new rounds of scorching hot temperatures

As health authorities reported 116 deaths in Oregon and 78 in Washington state, the death toll from the record-breaking heatwave that struck the US Pacific north-west rose to nearly 200.

US Pacific north-west heatwave killed almost 200 people

As per British Columbia scientists, more than 1 billion marine animals along Canada’s Pacific coast are likely to have died from last week’s heatwave. The heatwave is believed to have killed at least 500 people in Canada, however, it has also had an impact on marine life.

Experts believe heatwave killed 1 billion marine animals on Canada coast

The climate monitoring service of the European Union (EU) reported June 2020 as the hottest ever recorded in North America, with a deadly heatwave engulfing parts of the continent.

Heatwave: North America witnesses hottest June on record

The unprecedented heatwave baking the Pacific Northwest has claimed as many as 700 lives over the last one week in Canada alone, according to officials.

Another intense heatwave to roast Canada, Western US

In a new revelation, climate scientists have said that no place is safe from the kind of extreme heat events that have hit the western US and Canada in recent days.

No place is safe, reveal scientists amid unprecedented heatwave in parts of US and Canada

Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing heat wave.

Canadians pack into cooling centres as heatwave death toll doubles

At least 486 sudden deaths were reported in a time span of five days during British Columbia’s catastrophic heatwave. Usually, 165 sudden deaths would occur in the Canadian province over that period, its chief coroner said.

Canada heat wave: British Columbia sees 195% increase in sudden deaths with 486 cases reported

Over 230 people have died in British Columbia, Canada, since Friday as a catastrophic heat wave delivered record-breaking temperatures. It was a "unprecedented time," according to the province's chief coroner.

230 dead as Canada records all-time high temperature of 49.5 degrees celsius

British Columbia closed schools and universities on Monday due to extreme heat which pushed temperature in the western Canadian province to a national record over the weekend, in a country that is widely known for its brutal winter and snows.

Record heat forces western Canada province to shut schools, universities

"2020 is very likely to be one of the three warmest years on record globally," the Geneva-based UN agency said in its State of the Global Climate in 2020 report.

2020 likely to be second warmest year on record globally

Parts of the continent sweated through the hottest November night on record on Saturday.

Record heat wave in Australia sparks fears of more bushfires

California braces for record-breaking heat wave on Labour Day weekend

Mercury levels continue to soar across Western Europe. The MeD department in England has already issued heat alerts for parts of England and the temperatures are predicted to claim to 37 degrees Celcius. Watch report.

People seek ways to cool off as heatwave bakes Paris | Western Europe Heatwave

The Arctic has transformed into an oven. Heatwaves have sparked hundreds of wildfires in Siberia. Millions of hectares of forest is up in flames. It's been a record-setting summer.

Record-breaking Arctic heat leaves Siberia 'red-faced'

With temperatures surpassing the 45 degrees Celsius-mark across several parts in north India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a "red" warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days.

Heatwave: IMD issues 'red alert' for several parts of North India

Soaring temperatures sent Israelis to beaches across the country on Sunday (May 17) with many violating the coronavirus restrictions. Some areas in the country and Israeli-occupied West Bank exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in the country's first seasonal heatwave.

People flock to beaches as Israel, West Bank bake in heatwave

Two heatwaves that hit France this summer claimed more than 1,500 more lives, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said Sunday. But that toll was significantly lower than the disastrous summer of 2003, when an estimated 15,000 people died during an August heatwave.

France's summer heatwaves claimed 1,500 lives: Minister

July 2019 now stands as Alaska’s hottest month on record, the latest benchmark in a long-term warming trend with ominous repercussions ranging from rapidly vanishing summer sea ice and melting glaciers to raging wildfires and deadly chaos for marine life.

Alaska records warmest month ever in July

Almost 400 people more died in the Netherlands during Europe's recent record-breaking heatwave than in a regular summer week, Dutch national statistics agency CBS said on Friday.

Heatwave caused nearly 400 more deaths in Netherlands: Report

The record-shattering heatwave that baked much of northern Europe last month was likely between 1.5 to 3.0 degrees Celsius hotter due to manmade climate change, an international team of scientists said Friday.

July heatwave up to 3C hotter due to climate change

The UK has recorded it's hottest day at 38.7 degrees in Cambridge. Heatwave hitting the UK as hot winds coming from the Sahara Desert. Earlier it was 38.5 degrees but as of now, it breaks the record of last time.

UK sizzles after all time high temperature, hottest day recorded in Cambridge

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