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Much of Europe is bracing for yet another scorching heatwave following periods of record drought that have driven rivers to historic lows, ignited historic forest fires and contributed to thousands of deaths.<\/p>\n
Swathes of Britain and France on Monday were already under extreme heat warnings with forecasts of temperatures around the mid-30s C, while parched conditions saw new fires erupt in Greece and Spain.<\/p>\n
Unusually high temperatures were also forecast in the coming days across a number of countries not accustomed to the heat, such as Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.<\/p>\n
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The heatwave comes after mainland France\u00a0and Switzerland saw their widest-ranging droughts for the month of July on record, according to an AFP of data released by Europe\u2019s Copernicus climate observatory on Monday.<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s weather warning system MeteoAlarm on Monday also said scorching temperatures are already being felt across much of Italy and coastal areas of Croatia.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what to know as temperatures soar again across the continent, the fastest-warming on the planet due to human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom\u2019s Met Office warned at the weekend that the summer\u2019s fifth hot spell was about to take hold in a country whose infrastructure was built for a more temperate, cooler climate.<\/p>\n
Nearly three-quarters of England and the whole of Wales is already officially in drought, with more than 27 million people under water-use restrictions, and with the environment department warning on Monday that \u201call regions of the country are experiencing pressure on their water resources\u201d.<\/p>\n
Next to no rain was forecast for the affected areas this week.<\/p>\n
In France, the national weather agency Meteo-France warned on Monday that the southeast would see temperatures as high as 35C, spreading further across the country as the week progresses.<\/p>\n
The agency also warned that due to climate change, \u201cfuture summers will generally be hotter than those experienced to date\u201d.<\/p>\n
The environment ministry said on Monday that \u201cnearly 70 percent of French territory is subject to restrictions on water use\u201d, with the liquid reserved for priority uses such as healthcare, sanitation and drinking water in the areas most at risk.<\/p>\n
Both France and the UK have seen thousands of excess deaths during previous heatwaves this year.<\/p>\n
Greece reported its second fire this season near the capital Athens on Monday, despatching hundreds of crew and equipment.<\/p>\n
Already, more than 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of pine forests were blackened by a blaze that broke out 10 days ago northwest of the capital.<\/p>\n
Firefighters were also struggling to contain a rapidly expanding blaze in southwestern Spain that had forced the evacuation of some 800 people and counting.<\/p>\n
The weather was offering \u201cno respite\u201d, local officials said.<\/p>\n
France and Spain have already seen historic wildfires so far this summer, with record levels of drought causing tinder-dry conditions.<\/p>\n
Some 95 percent of mainland France and 99 percent of Switzerland saw drought conditions in July, both record figures since the European Drought Observatory began collecting such data in 2012, according to an AFP analysis on Monday.<\/p>\n
Heat and drought are also driving rivers across Europe to record lows. The Rhine in Germany could drop so much it becomes unnavigable, industry groups warned on Monday.<\/p>\n
And Polish officials announced that the Vistula, the country\u2019s longest river, had matched its record low in Warsaw on Monday \u2014 a record set only on Friday.<\/p>\n
Low levels along the Danube river have already seen Hungary and Romania forced to consider shuttering their nuclear plants, which rely on the water for cooling, in late July \u2014 though both managed to avoid doing so for now.<\/p>\n
Nearly 120 million Europeans live in regions where July 2026 was the hottest ever recorded, according to an AFP analysis of national weather agencies and Copernicus climate data.<\/p>\n
The records were concentrated in southern Britain, western France, and northern and eastern Spain.<\/p>\n
At least 12,000 excess deaths were recorded across nine European countries during one heatwave in June, an AFP analysis of national statistics found last month, a toll that could rise as more data is released.<\/p>\n
A solar eclipse that will be visible across parts of the European continent on Wednesday is expected to attract skygazers despite the unwelcoming weather.<\/p>\n
The European Space Agency\u2019s observatory in Teruel, Spain, will host a day of activities up to the main event with the eclipse beginning at 7:33 pm CEST (1733 GMT) and reaching totality at 8:23 pm.<\/p>\n
The area saw temperatures breach 30C on Monday and the eclipse will cross over areas that were hit by the devastating Spanish fires last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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