Europe swelters under record-breaking heat wave

Phys.org Wednesday 24 June 2026, 21:40 UTC 1 min read

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Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heat wave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35C, most of them in France and Spain.

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