Heatwave
Spain declares national emergency as wildfires near Madrid, Avila force thousands to evacuate
More than 270 emergency personnel and 40 ground units have been deployed in the affected areas, alongside several Military Emergency Unit (UME) contingents.
Greece heatwave warning that could save your vacation
Multi-day heatwave with severe heat stress risk hits Israel, Meteorological Service warns
Lincoln Memorial to pull historic documents from public display over fear of heat damage - report
Iran, Gulf states at highest risk for death from heat at end of century - study
Under high-emissions scenarios, approximately 123 people per 100,000 in MENA are predicted to die annually from heat-related causes – nearly 60 times greater than current figures.
Letters to the Editor March 29, 2023: Temper tantrum
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Two heat waves may strike Israel in summer, cause increased death
Israel may experience two severe heat waves this summer, with temperatures hitting as high as 49 degrees C (120 degrees F), according to the Defense Ministry.
Israeli heatwaves are going to keep getting worse - study
Global warming is going to keep causing extreme weather phenomena, leading to heatwave mortality to increase tenfold.
Future heat waves projected to increase, affect wildlife - Israeli study
Until now, no one has examined how future extreme thermal events that are projected to increase and intensify, will affect animals around the world.
Europe's heatwave may have caused more than 20,000 'excess' deaths
Temperatures estimated to be impossible without climate change plagued a number of European countries during the summer of 2022.
Unprecedented and extreme weather to hit Middle East, Mediterranean
The German and Cypriot researchers that conducted the research warn that this will soon become a reality unless “immediate, ambitious and transboundary climate action is taken.”
Israeli Kibbutz Tirat Zvi holds the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded
The Kibbutz was established on June 30, 1937, as a "Tower and Stockade" settlement intended to mark the southern limit of Jewish settlements in the Bet Shean valley.
Temperatures continue to rise across Israel as heatwave stretches on
Temperatures in the Jordan Valley area of Beit She'an will hit 43 degrees Celsius, making it the area hit hardest by the heatwave outside of Eilat.
Brace for heatwaves: weekend Israeli weather forecast
There will be an increase in temperatures in the mountains and in the interior of the country and it will be hotter than usual for the season.