Europeans swelter in record heat - Taipei Times

Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering heat wave that has sparked forest fires and concerns that such early summer blasts of hot weather could now become the norm.
The weekend’s soaring temperatures were the peak of a heat wave this month in line with scientists’ predictions that such phenomena would now strike earlier in the year due to global warming.
The popular French southwestern seaside resort of Biarritz recorded its highest all-time temperature on Saturday afternoon of 42.9°C state forecaster Meteo France said as authorities urged vigilance from the central western coast down to

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