CO2: 432.34 ppmPlans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deaths
First time red warnings issued in UK for three consecutive days; Paris to ban drinking alcohol in public as hospitals reach ‘saturation point’
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.
“It is just unbearable,” one Paris resident said.
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).
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.
More than a dozen countries have issued urgent heat warnings. France saw its highest average temperature ever on Tuesday.