Europe set to sizzle again as heatwave continues

PARIS - Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering Saturday as the heatwave continued across the continent.

France's new record temperature of 45.9 deg C was registered on Friday in Gallargues-le-Montueux, a village in the southern department of Gard near Montpellier, breaking successive records set earlier in the day, Meteo-France told AFP. Earlier on Friday, the mercury rose above 44 deg C in the south-eastern French town of Carpentras. The town was deserted, with cafe owners contemplating empty terraces which would normally be packed.The new record makes France just the seventh European country to have recorded a plus 45 deg C temperature, along with Bulgaria, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece and North Macedonia, Meteo France said.

Scientists warn that global warming linked to human fossil fuel use could make such scorchers more frequent. On Thursday, Ms Buzyn lamented that despite a barrage of public health warnings on radio, TV and on public transport, some parents were still leaving their children in hot cars and joggers were out exercising in the midday heat.

In the Italian city of Milan, a 72-year-old homeless man was found dead at the main train station on Thursday after falling ill in the heatwave.SPANISH INFERNO In Spain, firefighters managed to halt the progression of a forest fire that broke out on Wednesday in the north-eastern Catalonia region and had burned more than 6,000ha.

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