At least 18 people have died in France, including two children and three elderly people, amid the heatwave, as experts warn that climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and intense.

France records heat-related deaths, nations close schools and cancel trains, and wildlife shelters struggle to cope.

More than 800 schools in several parts of France were closed Monday as a record heatwave, which killed three people over the weekend, was set to intensify. Both France and Belgium…

Europe is grappling with a severe heatwave, claiming 40 lives in France alone as people sought relief in water bodies. Record temperatures are scorching Britain, Italy,…