European heatwave causes deaths, outages and record temperatures (opens in new tab)

A severe early-summer heatwave across western and southern Europe has sent temperatures to record highs, with France recording a national temperature indicator of 29.8C on Tuesday, the highest since measurements began in 1947. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 40 people had drowned since June 18, mainly young people seeking relief from the heat, while France, Spain, Italy and Britain issued top-level or severe heat warnings as temperatures reached or were forecast to exceed 40C in ...