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A violent tornado struck the Aude department in southern France late Monday afternoon, injuring at least 26 people and causing extensive structural damage to roughly 100 residential properties. The severe weather event hit the municipality of Pomas, situated near Carcassonne,

Germany is expanding its counter-drone capabilities as authorities strengthen protection around airports and other critical sites. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the task would remain a long-term challenge for German security agencies. He made the remarks during a visit to

Climate change could nearly triple the area burned by wildfires across Europe each year by 2100, new research has found. Under a high-emissions pathway, annual burned area rises by about 192% compared with the study’s present-day baseline. That pathway corresponds

Austria recorded 244 original first-time asylum applications in July 2026, marking the lowest monthly level in a decade. The Austrian Interior Ministry said the total fell about 65% from 697 applications in July 2025. When first and subsequent claims were

Weather and climate disasters caused about €822 billion in direct economic losses across the European Union between 1980 and 2024. More than €208 billion of that damage occurred from 2021 through 2024. The European Environment Agency calculated the total using

European countries have expanded joint firefighting operations as wildfires continue across several parts of the continent. Belgium and Spain requested assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism after fires placed pressure on national resources. Aircraft, helicopters and ground teams joined

Irregular border crossings into the European Union dropped 37% during the first seven months of 2026, according to preliminary border data. Frontex counted about 61,000 detections from January through July, compared with the same period in 2025. Most of the

Greenhouse gas emissions from the European Union economy edged higher in the first quarter of 2026. Eurostat put seasonally adjusted emissions at 837 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, up 0.3% from the previous quarter. The fourth-quarter total stood at

ST. EGYDEN AM STEINFELD, Austria / RankWire.AI / – Emergency management authorities in Lower Austria issued immediate mandatory evacuation orders on Friday after a fast-moving forest fire broke out in the Föhrenwald pine forest near St. Egyden am Steinfeld. Local

German authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders on Friday for approximately 1,800 residents in western Germany as a rapidly expanding wildfire advanced toward residential structures. Official emergency statements confirmed that municipal civil defense agencies directed the immediate evacuation of the entire