https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Tens of millions are braving a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with some countries announcing rising death tolls and health services warning of saturation. https://www.thelocal.no/20260628/records-tumble-as-european-heatwave-moves-east Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:03:28 +0200 records-tumble-as-european-heatwave-moves-east The heatwave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner-in-crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and Greenland that can influence weather patterns over the continent. https://www.thelocal.no/20260626/european-heatwaves-unlikely-accomplice-is-an-ocean-cold-blob Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:20:28 +0200 european-heatwaves-unlikely-accomplice-is-an-ocean-cold-blob Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday, while experts consider the costs for an economy as productivity melts and growth becomes lethargic. https://www.thelocal.no/20260626/climate-change-to-blame-as-heatwave-hits-europes-economies Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:44:21 +0200 climate-change-to-blame-as-heatwave-hits-europes-economies At least 101 million Europeans were expected to experience temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, in a punishing and increasingly deadly heatwave hotter than weather in parts of Africa. https://www.thelocal.no/20260625/latest-more-than-100-million-europeans-suffer-in-temperatures-above-35c Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:45:56 +0200 latest-more-than-100-million-europeans-suffer-in-temperatures-above-35c The latest heatwave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace https://www.thelocal.no/20260624/explained-why-europe-is-the-worlds-fastest-warming-continent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:42:20 +0200 explained-why-europe-is-the-worlds-fastest-warming-continent Europe on Tuesday braced for more extreme weather as a deadly heatwave threatened fresh temperature records, with trains disrupted and hospitals across the continent preparing for an influx of heat-afflicted patients. https://www.thelocal.no/20260623/latest-more-records-set-to-fall-as-deadly-europe-heatwave-drags-on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:39:12 +0200 latest-more-records-set-to-fall-as-deadly-europe-heatwave-drags-on Much of Western Europe was baking in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, shattering temperature records. https://www.thelocal.no/20260619/europe-swelters-in-new-heatwave-with-temperatures-set-to-rise-further Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:55:05 +0200 europe-swelters-in-new-heatwave-with-temperatures-set-to-rise-further Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people, scientists have said. https://www.thelocal.no/20250709/climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:03:43 +0200 climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study More than 61,000 people died due to the heat during Europe's record-breaking summer last year, a study said on Monday which called for more to be done to protect against even deadlier heatwaves expected in the coming years. https://www.thelocal.no/20230710/europe-could-soon-face-nearly-100000-deaths-a-year-linked-to-extreme-heat Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:15:36 +0200 europe-could-soon-face-nearly-100000-deaths-a-year-linked-to-extreme-heat Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, according to a sweeping new report that said the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times. https://www.thelocal.no/20230619/europe-faces-intense-extreme-heat-and-drought-new-report-warns Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:31:04 +0200 europe-faces-intense-extreme-heat-and-drought-new-report-warns The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20220908/by-a-substantial-margin-how-summer-2022-was-europes-hottest-on-record Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:45:54 +0200 by-a-substantial-margin-how-summer-2022-was-europes-hottest-on-record Norwegian authorities have urged motorists to watch out for reindeer that are seeking refuge in tunnels to cool themselves amid extreme heat in the nation's far north. https://www.thelocal.no/20180803/record-arctic-heat-drives-reindeer-into-cool-tunnels Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:09:25 +0200 record-arctic-heat-drives-reindeer-into-cool-tunnels