Many European countries are experiencing an extreme heatwave and are on a red heat alert. This means there is a major risk to life and infrastructure.
Two people in Italy have died because of the heat, while in Turkey, over 50,000 people have been evacuated because of wildfires.
Experts say extreme hot weather, like heatwaves, will happen more often, last for longer and become even more intense as the planet continues to warm.
European heatwave leaves Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece in sweltering 40C heat
Sky News
Schools closed and Paris at standstill as France takes brunt of Europe’s heat wave
MSN
Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality
Politico
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a new and different situation to the past
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