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Paris cooked Thursday in Paris at a record high of 42 degrees Celsius. A fierce heat wave broke all records in Northern Europe, raising public health concerns and a new misery for rail pbadengers.
The records also fell in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, while Paris reached its highest temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 Fahrenheit), beating the previous peak of 40.4 ° C established in July 1947.
Trains have been slowed down in several European countries to avoid damaging rail networks and the French national operator SNCF urged travelers to delay scheduled journeys on Thursday.
In the stifling French capital, tourists and locals headed for the fountains and even the pools set up by the authorities near the Ourcq cbad, north of the city.
The authorities have advised people to monitor people living alone and not to dive into the air to calm down after a drowning drowning.
The hot weather has sown misery for millions of commuters on public transit.
"It's so hot in the subway, it's unbearable, there are so many people, no air conditioning and everyone is superimposed," said Petra Ulm, 34, a researcher in clinical research.
The heat wave, which is expected to soften on Friday as rain and storms approach, has again drawn public attention to the problems caused by climate change.
'Great day on the beach
In Great Britain, temperatures reached 36.9 ° C (98.4 ° F) at Heathrow, a record for July but still below the UK record of 38.5 ° C.
Those lucky enough to be at the seaside can still enjoy the weather.
"This is obviously not very good for some people, but if you have a day off and young children, then it's perfect for a day at the beach," said Graham Clarke, 50. , insurance agent, enjoying the sand of Broadstairs, in the south-east of the country. England.
The Netherlands, which broke a record of 1944 on Wednesday, reached a new record Thursday at 40.4 ° C in the south of the country.
Thursday, Germany again broke a national record of 41.5 ° C in Lingen, West Germany.
Belgium also reached a new record of 40.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday at the Kleine-Brogel military base in northeastern Belgium.
Two suspected traffickers had to call the police in the Belgian port city of Antwerp after finding themselves trapped in a container filled with cocaine, prosecutors said.
Train disturbed
Hundreds of travelers were stranded on trains in choking conditions outside Paris for several hours late Wednesday night after an electrical fire shut down traffic in the East Paris train station.
Eurostar and Thalys services from Brussels to London and Paris also experienced significant delays and cancellations after the cable failure the previous day.
"I ask all those who can avoid or delay their trips to do so," said the French Minister of the Environment, Elisabeth Borne, advising workers who can do their work at home not to go to their offices .
The northern third of France, including Paris, was under red alert, the rest of the country was yellow and water use restrictions were in place.
In Austria, a three-year-old died of dehydration after falling asleep in a car parked in the sun on the family farm, local authorities said.
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France is still haunted in early summer 2003, when 15,000 people died because of the heat and the authorities were bitterly criticized for not mobilizing quickly enough.
"We must take care of ourselves, but especially of those who are alone and able to detect the first symptoms of heat stroke," said Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
Local authorities have imposed restrictions on water use in many areas due to drought conditions that have dramatically reduced groundwater levels and rivers.
The second heat wave this summer has amplified concerns in Europe that human activity is heating up the planet at a dangerous pace.
The June 26-28 heat explosion in France was four degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than a June heat wave as rare as it would have been in 1900, announced this month. This is the World Weather Attribution Team (WWA).
A study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology revealed that the deadly heat wave that lasted several weeks in northern Europe in 2018 would have been statistically impossible without climate change.
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