44°C and above: Severe heatwave shows no sign of easing across Europe

The death toll from the intense heatwave sweeping across Europe continues to rise, the Daily Mail writes.

France is once again facing searing conditions today having endured its hottest ever 24-hour period on Wednesday. On Tuesday, temperatures climbed past 44C in Pissos in the country’s south-west.

At least 48 people have drowned across the country since the heatwave began with extreme heat closing nuclear reactors and triggering forest fires.

Meanwhile, the freak Saharan heat dome is causing chaos across the rest of Europe including in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and in Spain where 212 have died in three days.