{
  "id": 469762,
  "title": "Climate: Copernicus: Hottest summer start in Western Europe on record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/klima-copernicus-hei-ester-sommerauftakt-in-westeuropa-seit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:24:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/video/politik/klima-copernicus-heissester-sommerauftakt-in-westeuropa-seit-aufzeichnungsbeginn/100246235.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parched fields, low river levels, fierce forest fires - and now it's official: June and July have never been so hot in Western Europe since records began. According to the EU climate service Copernicus, the average temperature was 21.6 degrees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Heat and drought: June and July were as warm as ever in Western Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/hitze-und-trockenheit-juni-und-juli-waren-in-westeuropa-so-warm-wie",
        "published": "2026-08-10T02:02:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}