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Dangerous heat wave hits U.S. and Europe; Package sizes for products get smaller as companies react to inflation
The dangerous heat wave in Europe is breaking records and fueling wildfires across the region, CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports. New York Times climate reporter Henry Fountain speaks with CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on what's driving the life-threatening conditions.
Above-normal temperature reaching into the triple digits are expected over the next several days across the country.
"This is the climate change that we've been promised," one expert tells CBS News, and it is "here to stay."
Dozens of buildings were destroyed across London on Tuesday, the hottest day ever recorded in the U.K. Ramy Innocencio reports on how European countries are battling with the dangerous effects of climate change.
Around 120 million Americans are facing excessive heat warnings and advisories this morning. Kris Van Cleave reports from Dallas, Texas, where it's expected to be nearly 110 degrees.
Both the United States and Europe are bearing the brunt of a brutal heatwave. In Great Britain alone, 34 locations recorded historic high temperatures Tuesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from London, while Sherri Goodman, former U.S. deputy under secretary of defense, and a senior fellow at the Wilson Center, discusses the climate emergency.
Britain shattered its record for the highest temperature ever recorded, while multiple fires burned in an around London amid Europe's heatwave. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the latest on the brutal heatwave both in the U.S. and in Europe.
The National Weather Service said that more than 60 new record highs will be set across 20 states by the end of the week.
The U.K. hit its hottest day on record Tuesday afternoon with temperatures exceeding 104ºF.
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More than 40 million people in the United States under a heat advisory Tuesday. As climate change raises temperatures, heat waves are becoming increasingly dangerous. Many in Texas are having to conserve power and water. CBS News's Kris Van Cleave takes a look.
In Spain, wildfires engulfed farmland and lead to one man's narrow escape, and a heat wave across Europe presents record temperatures. As Roxana Saberi reports, the UK warns of widespread impacts on infrastructure.
Europe is facing a record-breaking heat wave. The UK has declared a state of emergency, wildfires are burning across Spain, France and Greece and hundreds of deaths in Portugal and Spain have been attributed to the extreme heat. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio is in London's Hyde Park where people are turning to public lakes for relief.
Many in the U.K. thought it would be years before they were subjected to temperatures like this, but the mercury is still soaring, and records are dropping.
The brutal heat in Europe is fueling deadly wildfires in some areas. In the UK, a country not accustomed to this type of weather, many people are struggling to cope. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joined "CBS News Mornings" from London with details.
Nearly 40 million Americans in parts of California, Arizona, and the Central Plains are also facing excessive heat temperatures.
The Texas power grid is strained as fires destroy homes in the state, and a heat wave drives temperatures higher across the Central Plains states. Kris Van Cleave has more.
Largely un-airconditioned London could boil over 100 degrees as wildfires char parched land in Spain, Portugal and France.
The scorching temperatures have reached as far north as Britain, where its weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat.
The triple digit temperatures pose an increased risk of heat illnesses, officials say.
Brutal and dangerous heat is once again in the forecast across the Plains and Western U.S., with temperatures topping 100 degrees from Montana to Oklahoma. Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the forecast.
Italy's farmers are facing devastation because of relentless heat waves and a record drought. As Chris Livesay reports from an olive orchard where half the production has died, Italian specialty products will soon be less plentiful and more expensive.
With thousands of acres already charred by wildfires amid the 2nd bout of extreme heat this year, many towns and villages have decided it's not worth the risk.