‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say

Global heating made the heatwave at least 10 times more likely and 2C hotter, scientists said. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

The prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say.

Norway, Sweden and Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86F) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F).