CO2: 432.34 ppmThe heat is changing the continent’s interest in cooling technologies of all kinds.
“It is just unbearable,” one Paris resident said.
Authorities are attempting to reduce the pressure on hospitals as the city swelters under extreme heat.
More than a dozen countries have issued urgent heat warnings. France saw its highest average temperature ever on Tuesday.
A heat-related power outage left around 68,000 homes without electricity in western France as record-breaking heat sweeps Europe.
Increased extreme weather tied to human-caused climate change leads the UN climate agency to say the next five years should shatter more heat records.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 40 people who died by drowning since last Thursday were mainly young people.
Several European countries issued red weather alerts as a fresh bout of extreme heat pushed temperatures beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress
A heat wave is hitting Central and Eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark.
France has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave, as European cities see more record temperatures.
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary
France, like much of the rest of Europe, is in the grips of a severe heat wave as summer begins this week, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.
Only 20% European homes have AC, compared to 90% in the U.S., but as the climate changes, that vast gulf may be set to shrink.
Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress
As a record-breaking heatwave grips large parts of Europe, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), national weather services and partners are mobilising heat-health action plans for millions of people facing dangerous temperatures.