Europe heat dome breaks May records; seven deaths linked to heat (opens in new tab)

A spring heat wave driven by a high-pressure “heat dome” over western Europe pushed temperatures far above late-May norms on Monday and Tuesday, breaking monthly records in the United Kingdom and France and triggering health warnings. The U.K. Met Office recorded 35.1 C at London’s Kew Gardens on Tuesday, topping the 34.8 C mark set there a day earlier and the previous May record of 32.8 C set in 1922 and matched in 1944. France recorded its hottest May day on Monday and again faced exception...