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France reports two deaths in heatwave, 300 hospitalised
France has reported two heat-related deaths, while wildfires have killed two people in Spain in a heatwave that has gripped Europe and forced the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant.
Europe swelters under a punishing heat wave with Paris forecast to hit 104 F
France and the rest of Europe are still in the grips of the first major heat wave this summer even as conditions began to ...
As France faces a heatwave, 'the gap between what needs to be done and the pace at which climate change is accelerating grows wider each year'
Geographer Magali Reghezza-Zitt says that emergency responses to heatwaves are no longer sufficient in the face of the ...
The increasingly dangerous weather pattern responsible for the brutal European heat wave
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal ...
Turkey battles wildfires and Paris on heatwave red alert as parts of UK could hit 35C
Today there are red warnings for heat in place in France - in Paris and the Val de Loire, where temperatures could reach 41C.
Heatwave: Paris put on highest alert level Tuesday by French weather agency
Paris and 15 other departments were moved up to the red alert level. The peak temperature is expected to reach 41°C.