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France24 says at least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing.

VOA says Tropical Storm Grace is crossing the northeastern Caribbean Sea, threatening to bring heavy rainfall to the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the next few days.

France24 says fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius.

The Independent says Italy has been hit by a heatwave this week as the south of the country battles wildfires.

The i says an Italian tourist holidaying in Greece has described how wildfires erupted “like a bomb”, with ash raining from the sky and leaving a taste of smoke in his mouth.

The Guardian says thousands of people have fled wildfires that are destroying vast swathes of pine forest and razing homes on Greece’s second-largest island, Evia.

France24 says thousands of residents fled to safety from a wildfire that burned for a fourth day north of Athens early Friday, during an overnight battle to stop the flames reaching populated areas.

TRT World says the Turkish government has said a vast majority of forest fires that have ravaged the south of the country for almost a week have been contained.

The Times says a climate emergency is unfolding in Turkey as floods engulf villages in the east of the country and forest fires continue to rage in the west.

Latest news from the deadly wildfires in Europe – Italy wildfires were burning through the night.  Bosnian wildfires have destroyed the oldest trees, Greece wildfires…

The i says the July heatwave has well and truly come to an end, with much of the country being doused in heavy rain over the weekend.

Mirror says Brits are bracing for gale force winds and heavy rain as Storm Evert sweeps through huge swathes of the country today.

More than 60 people have been reduced after towns around the popular tourist spot Lake Como were hit with mudslides and floods. 

The Guardian says flash flooding of the type seen in London this weekend will become a more common occurrence as the climate crisis worsens

Two hospitals in London are asking patients to stay away after their emergency departments were flooded on Sunday. 

The i says torrential rain in London has flooded streets and left families stranded in waist high water.

The Times says Britain could experience its first 40C day within ten years as intense heatwaves become more frequent, scientists have warned.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning, with heavy rain and thunderstorms potentially leading to some disruption and flooding this evening. 

The Times says hot summer sunshine has been in abundance over the past week or so as high pressure has parked itself across northern France and Britain

France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge

UK heatwave: UK soaks up the sun as temperatures soar Temperatures will continue to rise across the UK after the weekend which saw England, Wales,…

The Guardian says the heatwave health alert issued by Public Health England has been extended to Friday as much of the country continues to swelter under high temperatures.

UK heatwave: Parts of the UK are set to hit 33C later, hotter than some of Europe’s top holiday destinations.

The largest of several dozen Western wildfires have roared through more drought-parched brush and timber in southern Oregon.

The i says across the country people flocked to beaches, funfairs, and parks on Sunday, on what the Met Office confirmed was the hottest day of the year in England and Wales.