1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

How is the heat wave gripping Europe?

01:22

This browser does not support the video element.

Emmanuelle Chaze
July 20, 2022

Summer fires aren't unusual. But climate change means they've scorched Western Europe much earlier than usual this year, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land and causing massive evacuations as some places record their hottest temperatures ever.

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW