Caribbean Netherlands: Netherlands issues code red warning for 8 provinces amid European heatwave.

SHOTLIST: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (JUNE 26, 2026) 1. PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES UNDER SUN (TWO SHOTS) 2. PEOPLE COOLING OFF IN POOL (TWO SHOTS) 3. PEOPLE SPENDING TIME IN LIBRARY (TWO SHOTS) 4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE COOLING OFF IN AND AROUND RIVER 5. PEOPLE SITTING IN CAFE 6. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SHOPPINGAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — JUNE 26, 2026: A Code Red weather warning was issued for eight provinces in the Netherlands on Friday, June 26, as a prolonged heatwave continued to grip much of Europe. "Today, an official weather warning (Code Red) is in effect for extreme heat across a large part of the country. In the north and in Zeeland, Code Orange is in effect, while the Wadden region is under Code Yellow," the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute located (KNMI) said Friday. Europe's latest heat wave, which has brought red alerts to several countries throughout the week, is the "most severe" ever recorded in the region and was made significantly more likely and intense by fossil fuel-driven climate change, according to a report published Friday by World Weather Attribution (WWA). The study found that temperatures would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago and far less likely even during previous record-breaking heat waves. "In 1976, when some of the previous European records were set, the 2026 temperatures would have been virtually impossible to occur in June, while also highly unlikely at any time of the year,” it said. “In 2003, the first major heatwave of this century, daytime heat like this would still have been very rare, about 10 times less likely than today,” it added.