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Zoo animals in France and Italy cool off with frozen treats as heatwave persists
Rome and Paris zoos served up frozen treats to its animals on Wednesday as the European capitals were caught in a severe heat ...
The Mediterranean Sea is experiencing a record-smashing heat wave
Water temperatures have surged above 85 degrees in the Mediterranean Sea, where records have been broken every day for weeks.
Heat wave shutters Paris' Eiffel Tower as Europe bakes
The worst heat was felt in southern Europe, while punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in ...
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Red heatwave alerts continue as storms sweep across France
South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken ...
Schools close, nuclear reactor shuts down and pollution peaks as France's heatwave drags on
Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the ...
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Heatwave across Europe leaves 8 dead as early summer temperatures hit records | Reuters
France reports two deaths in heatwave, 300 taken to hospital; Italy issues red alerts in 18 cities; two men die on beach; Swiss reactor shut down due to high river-water temperatures ...
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.
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 ...