11:33 AM PDT – 30/06/2025  A heat dome acts like a lid on a pot, trapping hot air under high pressure that blocks cooling winds and stops clouds from forming while letting more sun heat reach the ground.  This weather system pushed temperatures to a record-breaking 46.6°C in Portugal and gave Spain its hottest June ever recorded as the dome sat over Western Europe for days.  Climate change has made these heat domes more intense and start earlier in the year, with Europe now warming twice as fast as the rest of the world since global temperatures rose 1.3 degrees … Continue reading 40°C Heatwave Shuts 200 Schools, Burns 400 Hectares as Turkey-France Face Mass Evacuations