A crippling heatwave has struck across Europe as temperatures continue to climb to record June highs – seeing crisis meetings prompted in France, weather warnings issued in Germany and leaving tourists sweltering in the Italian sun.
This morning, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu called a crisis meeting with 14 of his ministers amid the rising heat, as orange heat warnings became active in 60 of the country’s departments.
It came as Meteo France, the country’s national weather agency, warned the escalating weather conditions would persist into next week – and described the heat as comparable to the 2019 heatwave that saw temperatures
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