CO2: 432.34 ppmA record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies
France has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave, as European cities see more record temperatures.
A heat wave is hitting Central and Eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark.
Authorities are attempting to reduce the pressure on hospitals as the city swelters under extreme heat.
The heat is changing the continent’s interest in cooling technologies of all kinds.
“It is just unbearable,” one Paris resident said.
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.
Several European countries issued red weather alerts as a fresh bout of extreme heat pushed temperatures beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
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.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 40 people who died by drowning since last Thursday were mainly young people.
More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary
Temperatures could reach 44C in south-east Spain as fights break out in Paris supermarkets over air-conditioning units
Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves
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.
The latest heat wave has underscored the need for efficient technologies and adequate power supply to keep Europe cool.
The heat wave threatens to overwhelm U.S. grids and may force some to change their plans on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.
National Weather Service warns heat index could reach 115F as extreme heat grips midwest, Ohio Valley and east coast