Deadly heatwave hits Europe

Learning English from the News

2025-07-02

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(Photo via Getty Images)  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story Many European countries are experiencing an extreme heatwave and are on a red heat alert. This means there is a major risk to life and infrastructure. Two people in Italy have died because of the heat, while in Turkey, over 50,000 people have been evacuated because of wildfires. Experts say extreme hot weather, like heatwaves, will happen more often, last for longer and become even more intense as the planet continues to warm.  News headlines European heatwave leaves Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece in sweltering 40C heat Sky News Schools closed and Paris at standstill as France takes brunt of Europe’s heat wave MSN Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality Politico Key words and phrases sweltering uncomfortably hot take the brunt of experience the worst part of something negative new reality a new and different situation to the past Next  Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our Learning English from the News archive. And for more news in English, watch episodes of News Review here.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,

  • our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, Deadly Heatwave hits Europe.

  • Hello, I'm Beth.

  • And I'm Phil.

  • In this programme,

  • we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So let's hear more about this story.

  • Many countries in Europe are experiencing an extreme heat wave.

  • Parts of Spain and Portugal recorded temperatures of 46 degrees in June,

  • their highest ever temperature for that month.

  • Many countries, including France, Italy and the UK, have been on a red heat alert.

  • This means there is a major risk to life and infrastructure.

  • Two people in Italy have died because of the heat,

  • while in Turkey over 50,000 people have been evacuated because of wildfires.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This is from Sky News.

  • Portugal, Italy and Greece in sweltering 40 degree heat.

  • That headline again.