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Reuters

The temperature in France on Friday surpassed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time as Europe wilted in a major heatwave, state weather forecaster Meteo-France said.
The record was set in the village of Villevieille in the southern department of Gard, which registered a high of 45.1 degrees Celsius. The previous record stood at 44.1 degrees Celsius in the same area during the notorious August 2003 heatwave, Meteo-France told said.
The World Meteorological Organisation said 2019 was on track to be among the world’s hottest years, and that 2015-2019 would then be the hottest five-year period on record.

It said the heatwave was “absolutely consistent” with extremes linked to the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.
Four administrative departments in France were placed on red alert, signalling temperatures of “dangerous intensity” that are more typical of Saudi Arabia.
Temperatures in parts of Spain were expected to hit a new June record of 43C.

Since 1975, Spain has registered nine heatwaves in June. Five of them, however, have been in the last decade, according to the Spanish meteorological office.
In Catalonia, northeast Spain, wildfires were raging across 60 sq km (23 sq miles) of land, but firefighters said that area could quadruple. Farmers were asked to stop all work across the region for 48 hours.
In the city of Valladolid in central Spain, a 93-year-old man collapsed and died due to the heat, police said. And in a small town outside Cordoba, a 17-year-old died of heat-related effects after jumping into a swimming pool to cool off after a day working in the fields, regional health authorities said.

In France, one boy was seriously hurt when he was thrown back by a jet of water from a fire hydrant. Some 4,000 schools were either closed or running a limited service to help working parents unable to stay at home.
French families with elderly relatives who were ill or living alone were advised to call or visit them twice a day and take them to cool places, while the state-run rail operator SNCF offered free cancellations or exchanges on long-distance trips.

The greater Paris region, Ile de France, had already banned more than half of cars from its roads as the stifling heat worsened air pollution, the toughest restriction provided for – although all cars were to be allowed to leave the city as school holidays began. The cities of Lyon, Strasbourg and Marseille have also restricted traffic.
The unusually high temperatures are forecast to last until early next week.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


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France hits record temperature of 45C as Europe wilts in heatwave

People jump into the Arga river from a bridge in the Navarrese town of Irozt in Spain. Photo: EPA-EFE

(190628) -- BEIJING, June 28, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A lemur eats iced fruits at Zagreb Zoo in Zagreb, Croatia, June 27, 2019. A heat wave hit Croatia and many parts of Europe in recent days. (Xinhua/Tomislav Miletic)

People drink and bathe in the Loire River in Tours on June 27, 2019, during a heatwave. - Europeans braced on June 27 for the expected peak of a sweltering heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), with schools in France closing and wildfires in Spain spinning out of control. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)

epa07677925 Young people jump into the Arga river from a bridge in the Navarrese town of Irozt to reduce the heat wave that goes through Navarra, in Spain, 27 june 2019. Temperatures will reach over 40 degrees Celsius in at least twelve communities due to the entry of Saharan warm and dry air mass into the Spanish peninsula. EPA-EFE/Jesus Diges

Visitors take shelter from the heat under “Umbrella Sky Project” installation by a Portuguese artist in Aix-en-Provence, France. Photo: AFP

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The record was set in the village of Villevieille, which registered a high of 45.1 degrees Celsius
In Spain, a 93-year-old man collapsed and died due to the heat


The record was set in the village of Villevieille, which registered a high of 45.1 degrees Celsius.


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France hits record temperature of 45C as Europe wilts in heatwave

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The record was set in the village of Villevieille, which registered a high of 45.1 degrees Celsius

In Spain, a 93-year-old man collapsed and died due to the heat