Heat

Multi-day heatwave with severe heat stress risk hits Israel, Meteorological Service warns

Israel Meteorological Service Director-General, Dr. Amir Givati, forecast that the heatwave will persist next week at varying intensities.

The sun shines behind a thermometer during a hot and dry day.
Smoke billows from a wildfire that has been ravaging mountain vegetation for several days, amid a heatwave affecting a large part of the country, at sunset near Die in the Drome department, France, July 9, 2026.

European data record over 10,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave

An illustrative image of Israeli and the European Union flags with a division between them.

A hotter Europe needs Israeli science - opinion

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says


Two heat waves may strike Israel in summer, cause increased death

Israel may experience two severe heat waves this summer, with temperatures hitting as high as 49 degrees C (120 degrees F), according to the Defense Ministry.

The sun rises over the Dead Sea, Israel

Spring brings muddy terrain in Ukraine that favors defenders - UK intel

Soil in contested areas such as  Bakhmut is freezing at night and thawing in the day, leading to the conditions. The mud will be at its worst by late March, said the ministry.

 Ukrainian service members are seen next to armoured vehicles near the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 25, 2023.

What happens to the body when we sleep with the heating on?

Nighttime in January and February is usually really cold, so many people sleep with heating on. How does this affect your health?

 A sleeping man

Jordan suspends kerosene tax following widespread unrest over fuel prices

Jordanians have been turning to any combustible option to avoid paying the kerosene tax.

 Jordanians mark the 74th Independence Day amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman

Keep your home safe this Hannukah

By being as diligent as we can around electricity and heating, we can have a safe and warm holiday season. 

 Hannukiah.

2,000-year-old luxury Roman villa with 'underfloor heating' discovered

Beneath the Austrian town of Kempten lie the foundations of the Roman city of Cambodunum, settled by Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus In 15 BC.

 Kempten hypocaust

Israeli toddler who was locked in car for hours pronounced dead

MDA medics evacuated her to the Soroka hospital while performing CPR on her, where her death was later determined.

 POLICE AND ZAKA personnel attend the scene where a father left his small child in the car in Sdot Negev last summer. The boy died of what was termed ‘heat prostration.’

Unprecedented and extreme weather to hit Middle East, Mediterranean

The German and Cypriot researchers that conducted the research warn that this will soon become a reality unless “immediate, ambitious and transboundary climate action is taken.”

 A sign warns of extreme heat in Death Valley, California, US, July 11, 2021

Israeli Kibbutz Tirat Zvi holds the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded

The Kibbutz was established on June 30, 1937, as a "Tower and Stockade" settlement intended to mark the southern limit of Jewish settlements in the Bet Shean valley.

 Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, in the Bet Shean valley. August 05, 2019.

Brace for heatwaves: weekend Israeli weather forecast

There will be an increase in temperatures in the mountains and in the interior of the country and it will be hotter than usual for the season.

Thousands flock to Tel Aviv beaches during April 22 heat wave.