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Europe braces itself for prolonged heatwave as temperatures approach 40°C

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Europe is currently in the midst of a severe heatwave, with France issuing red‑alert bans on alcohol in affected areas, Spain and Germany canceling sports events, and Britain warning of "tropical nights" as temperatures approach 40 °C.

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  1. FR
    Meteo France
    1. This will continue through the end of the week, with heat levels never before recorded across more than three-quarters of the country on Wednesday and Thursday.
  2. GB
    Met Office
    1. Overnight temperatures will also be very high, with widespread Tropical Nights, where the temperature does not drop below 20C, across southern parts of England.
  3. ES
    Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
    1. Temperatures will start to drop on Thursday, but the heat will remain intense.
  4. GB
    Liz Bentley
    Royal Meteorological Society
    1. The coming week will bring an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures likely to reach 38-39 degrees celsius.
  5. FR
    Stephanie Rist
    French Ministry of Health
    1. We're heading for, at the very least, several days of very, very hot weather. We really don't know when temperatures will start falling.
    2. Many people are going to suffer, because bodies suffer from an accumulation of high temperatures.
  6. GB
    Akshay Deoras
    University of Reading
    1. Human-driven climate change has provided the springboard for this event, loading the atmosphere with extra heat and making extreme temperatures far more intense than they would have been in the past.
  7. ES
    Rubén Del Campo
    Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
    1. We are seeing temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees above normal for this time of year, and in some northern areas ​even more than 10 degrees above average.

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Straits Times
  3. 3.CNA News
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Taipei Times
  6. 6.Le Monde
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.CGTN
  9. 9.Golf News
  10. 10.The Irish Times
  11. 11.Arab News
  12. 12.ABC News

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Climate Change
  3. 3.Wildfire
  4. 4.Heat wave

countries

  1. 1.FranceFR
  2. 2.SpainES
  3. 3.BelgiumBE
  4. 4.GermanyDE
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.ItalyIT
  7. 7.Saudi ArabiaSA
  8. 8.PortugalPT
  9. 9.SwitzerlandCH
  10. 10.Bosnia and HerzegovinaBA
  11. 11.CroatiaHR
  12. 12.MontenegroME

organizations

  1. 1.Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
  2. 2.Meteo France
  3. 3.Met Office
  4. 4.National Railway Company of Belgium
  5. 5.Iron Mountain
  6. 6.Royal Meteorological Society
  7. 7.World Health Organization
  8. 8.National Center for Atmospheric Research
  9. 9.University of Reading
  10. 10.SNCF
  11. 11.Copernicus Climate Change Service
  12. 12.CREAVES

persons

  1. 1.David Dehenauw
  2. 2.Akshay DeorasGB
  3. 3.Stephanie RistFR
  4. 4.Liz BentleyGB
  5. 5.Mathieu LefèvreFR
  6. 6.Rubén Del CampoES
  7. 7.Ana Garces
  8. 8.Haily San Cesario
  9. 9.Hélène Mourges
  10. 10.Jean Castex
  11. 11.Leo XIVUS
  12. 12.Romain De JaegereFR

technicals

  1. 1.Fête de la Musique
  2. 2.World Cup
  3. 3.Berlin Open
  4. 4.Basque Country
  5. 5.Canal St-Martin
  6. 6.Balkans
  7. 7.Eiffel Tower
  8. 8.Gare Montparnasse
  9. 9.Sahara Desert
  10. 10.St Peter's Basilica
Europe braces itself for prolonged heatwave as temperatures approach 40°C