Last month saw the highest average temperature ever recorded and alarming soil humidity figures across Western Europe, Copernicus said. Regions home to 900 million people underwent their hottest July on record, including the Sahel, Central America, France, and Spain. #EuropeNews

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…

Climate change across Western Europe has brought a summer of heat, drought and wildfires to the region and put the combined average temperature for June-July at 21.62C – beating…