Exceptionally early heatwave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
The UK smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life.
Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down.
A temperature of 35.1 degrees was recorded at London’s Kew Gardens, Britain’s Met Office weather service said, breaking the 34.8 degree record set a day earlier at Kew. The provisional readings smashed the…
المصدر: SCMP — Asia
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