The first two months of summer in western Europe have been the hottest on record, the European Union's climate monitor says, as the continent grapples with devastating wildfires and braces for yet another heatwave.

The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming…