Thunderstorm Warnings Across Europe While Heat Builds in Germany
- Yellow thunderstorm alert in place for much of UK on Monday
- Lightning strikes keep tourists out of the sea in Greece
The dry banks of the Elbe and the Augustus Bridge, in Dresden.
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Thunderstorm alerts were issued from the UK to the French Riviera, while heat blankets a swath of central Europe.
Summer heat across Europe is giving way to extreme weather events from violent storms and flooding to wildfires. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves, warming the Mediterranean Sea to record temperatures and turbo-charging storms across the region.