Europe Braces for Next Heatwave With London Record in Sight
- Paris to exceed 40 degrees Celsius later in the week
- New York cools down after thousands lost power over weekend
Visitors keep cool in London’s Hyde Park.
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Europe is facing a second heatwave this summer, just weeks after the hottest June on record, intensifying concern over climate change and the rise in extreme weather events.
Swathes of northwest Europe will struggle to remain cool as a blast of hot air from the Iberian peninsula will bear down on the U.K, Belgium and the Netherlands, sending temperatures to about 10 degrees Celsius above average. Both London and Paris could see July records broken on Thursday. France, Spain and Germany issued wildfire warnings due to the tinder-dry conditions.