Europe is sweltering under an early heat wave that has broken records and claimed lives. What is happening to make it so hot?

“What we used to call a July phenomenon is now arriving in mid-May", according to one weather forecaster.

Temperatures hit record highs for May in the United Kingdom and France on Monday, as forecasters warned of a prolonged period of extreme heat across Europe throughout the week.

Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, Ireland, France and Spain

Western Europe reeled under an unseasonal heatwave on Tuesday as record-breaking temperatures swept across the continent.

LONDON: Temperature records toppled as a spring heat wave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several…

Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe