{
  "id": 675612,
  "title": "Extreme heat: Half of Europe's population exposed to temperatures exceeding 30C",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/extreme-heat-half-of-europes-population-exposed-to-temperatures",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:33:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/12/extreme-heat-half-of-europes-population-exposed-to-temperatures-exceeding-30c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The most intense heat is expected across Western and Southern Europe, with France, Italy and Spain among the hardest-hit countries. But the Balkans and the United Kingdom are also sweltering under the heat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}