According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union, Sunday marked the hottest day since 1940, with the global average temperature reaching 62.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heavy rain and flash flooding will persist in the country's eastern half through the end of the week, but cooler temperatures will offer some relief.

Since two fires broke out in mid-June, causing all residents to evacuate, the small mountain resort town has experienced an unrelenting barrage of natural disasters.

Nearly 30 million Americans are under heat alerts through at least midweek.

The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl

ABC News meteorologist Kenton Gewecke has the latest on weather, including wildfire threats and flash flood risks stretching from New Mexico to the Carolinas.

The conditions span from Arizona to Washington State, fueling more wildfires like the California Fork Fire in Angeles National Forest.

Over 30 million remain under heat alerts from Arizona up through Washington State, where widespread highs in the triple digits are expected.

Wildfires ravage California as the west faces another heatwave.

Tracking severe storms across several states, along with heavy rain and flash flooding. Winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour are knocking out power to thousands of customers in North Carolina.

Mid-July is typically the hottest time of the year, but several regions in the U.S. will experience a brief respite from the heat in the coming days.

50 million people in alert as winds reach up to 70 miles per hour in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, and New England.

The Italian health ministry has placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning as a wave of hot air from Africa is baking southern Europe

Life-threatening temperatures affect the East Coast, with heat alerts in 29 states from Maine to Texas.

Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up

Amid the high temperatures sweeping across the U.S., experts tell ABC News extreme heat can not only affect physical health but mental health too.

Life-threatening temperatures are invading the East Coast, with 29 states from Maine to Texas under heat alerts.

More than 175 million people are under heat alerts across 35 states. The heat index is up to 110 degrees from Washington, D.C., to Boston.

The elder woman’s daughter said she called in a nurse and bought two generators to get the air conditioning running, but her mother is still unconscious.

The record heat that baked the West Coast for much of last week is arriving in on the East Coast early this week.

More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast on Saturday.

Nearly 800,000 Houston residents are in the dark and dealing with heat following the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

Over 45 million Americans are facing flood watches, spanning across 11 states, starting from South Carolina and extending all the way to Massachusetts.

A young person has been found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl swept through the province

Historic heat is still raging in the West, with life-threatening temperatures baking California to Colorado before the triple-digit heat moves east.

ABC News’ Ginger Zee has the latest on the severe weather across the country.

It is now five days since Hurricane Beryl hit Texas and there are still about 1 million customers without power across the state.

Portions of the country have been experiencing scorching temperatures, but relief from the stifling conditions will not come in the near future, forecasts show.

Many Houston residents and elected leaders expressed frustration with CenterPoint Energy, the main utility company in the area, alleging slow restoration of electricity.

As a historic U.S. heat wave continued on Thursday, heat-related deaths climbed to at least 28 in the West.

ABC News' Becky Worley explores ways to stay cool while you sleep without blasting the air conditioner as millions across the country are under heat alerts.

More than 1.3 million electrical customers in the Houston area remained without power Wednesday as sweltering temperatures set in.

Across the Northeast, remnants of Hurricane Beryl remain, spinning up tornadoes and dropping up to a half foot of rain.

More than 150 million people were under heat alerts coast-to-coast Wednesday afternoon.

The remnants of the Beryl storm are expected to move north on Wednesday, potentially bringing flash floods and tornado threats to western Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and northern New England.

ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee is tracking the severe weather threat as Beryl moves Northeast.

Plus, the remnants of Hurricane Beryl spawned tornadoes in southern Indiana as blistering heat continues to shatter records.

It's been so hot in the West the scorching weather has caused a road to buckle in Washington.

Life-threatening temperatures are baking Americans across the country, from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest to the Northeast to the Southeast.

The Third Avenue Bridge, linking the Bronx to Manhattan over the Harlem River, became stuck in the open position on Monday afternoon.

Beryl turned into a Category 1 hurricane again as it slammed into Texas overnight. Harris County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Thomas Diaz joins from the scene.

Stifling, dangerous weather continued to blanket the West on Monday, coming on the heels of a weekend in which at least five U.S. cities.

Historic heat fans an explosive wildfire in California, forcing evacuations and overwhelming firefighters

WABC meteorologist Brittany Bell reports on Beryl as it's expected to make landfall in Texas on Monday morning and the historic heat breaking records in the West.

People along the Gulf Coast are on alert for a massive storm surge, torrential rain and damaging winds, as Beryl is projected to re-strengthen into a hurricane before it makes landfall Monday morning.

Texans are preparing for the storm’s arrival after it wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, killing at least 10 people as it made its way past Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and on to Mexico.

Absurd heat continues across a large portion of the country this weekend, with many locations from coast to coast already setting all-time record high temperatures.

The French Fire near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County has burned over 840 acres since it began on Thursday. As of Friday morning, fire officials reported it was 5% contained.

ABC News meteorologist Kevin Roth tracks where the storm is heading next.

Some 170 million Americans are on alert for sweltering temperatures this Fourth of July as the brutal heat continues.