Live: Paris Pride postponed, drowning death toll rises as Europe swelters in record heatwave
Organisers of the Paris Pride March on Friday postponed the annual event scheduled for Saturday after police ordered them to change the date to avoid overwhelming response services already under pressure due to extreme heat.
The death toll from heatwave-related drownings in France rose to 55, according to authorities.
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Record Heatwave Kills 1,000 in France, Roasts Europe
- Record-breaking heatwave virtually impossible 50 years ago, scientists warn Belfast Telegraph —
- Europe heatwave shattering temperature records: UN The Straits Times —
- Fourth child dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east The Guardian —
- Europe’s deadly heatwave is on the move The Independent —
- France’s Air Conditioning Failure The Atlantic —