Europe is sweltering through a record-breaking summer of heatwaves and drought that has parched the continent and turned forests tinder-dry.
Wildfires are blazing across France, while Germany’s most-important river, the Rhine, is on the verge of running dry, and swathes of England are officially in drought today.
In this video, MailOnline’s Shivali Best explains the Azores High – a weather phenomena that is ‘driving Europe’s extreme drought’.
The Azores High usually sits to the south but is currently directly over