Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier

Searing heat shows crisis is 'here and now', say scientists, and worse than predicted

The record-breaking heatwave that struck France and other European nations in June was made at least five - and possibly 100 - times more likely by climate change, scientists have calculated.

Such heatwaves are also about 4C hotter than a century ago, the researchers say. Furthermore, the heatwaves hitting Europe are more frequent and more severe than climate models have predicted.