Power outage in France as Europe bakes in record heat
Key takeaways
- Italy’s Ministry of Health declares red heatwave alert in 16 cities, including Milan and Rome, as schools close in UK.
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- The extreme weather is being driven by atmospheric and circulation patterns that keep hot air trapped in place for days, causing the mercury to slowly rise, as global warming exacerbates these factors, experts said.
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Italy’s Ministry of Health declares red heatwave alert in 16 cities, including Milan and Rome, as schools close in UK.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A woman walks and uses a handfan on a bridge over the Seine river in central Paris, as France experiences a heat wave, on June 21, 2026 [Arnaud Finistre/AFP]By AFP and APPublished On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026Much of Western Europe is bracing for another day of a sweltering heatwave that has smashed temperature records in many countries and left tens of thousands of people without power in France.
The extreme weather is being driven by atmospheric and circulation patterns that keep hot air trapped in place for days, causing the mercury to slowly rise, as global warming exacerbates these factors, experts said.