- Paris has implemented a ban on public alcohol consumption as temperatures reached 36C, following a record 40.9C earlier in the week, in an effort to reduce heat-related deaths.
- The heatwave is causing significant strain across Europe, leading to hundreds of deaths, including drownings in France and worker fatalities in Italy, and overwhelming hospital facilities.
- Forest fires are raging in several countries, including Spain and Germany , where a blaze at a former tank range could not be fully tackled due to unexploded ordnance.
- The Paris Pride March was ordered to reschedule its event to avoid further burdening emergency services already stretched by the extreme heat.
- Climate scientists state that this record-breaking heatwave would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, making such intense heat 100 times more likely.
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