What is a heat dome, causing excessively high temperatures in western Europe?

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.

Accept Manage my choices

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

Try again

01:40

What is a heat dome, causing excessively high temperatures in western Europe? Europe

Issued on: 26/05/2026 - 12:05

Share

France and the United Kingdom are currently being affected by a heat dome, driving up temperatures in western Europe. Although the phenomenon is common, it is now being exacerbated by climate change. It’s the same mechanism that has been affecting India for weeks, with temperatures exceeding 45°C in some places, and has led to wildfires in Canada in 2021.

Video by: Simon MORITZ Keywords for this article

• heatwave
• climate change
• Environment

Read more Read less

Pope Leo warns AI must be “disarmed” in landmark encyclical

25/05/2026 Europe

Russia deploys hypersonic missile in latest major strikes on Ukraine

25/05/2026 Europe

Pope Leo’s first encyclical tackles artificial intelligence

25/05/2026 Europe

The mullet makes a comeback at European championship

25/05/2026 Europe

'We don't know what the death toll among military personnel is': Kyiv reels from Russian strikes

24/05/2026 Europe

War in Ukraine: Russia launches massive missile strike on Kyiv

24/05/2026 Europe

Protesters clash with police after an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital

24/05/2026 Europe

War in Ukraine: Russian strikes hit a school killing one person

24/05/2026 Europe

Russia says 16 killed in strike on student dorm that it blamed on Ukraine

23/05/2026 Europe