{"id":698,"date":"2026-05-26T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:09:18","slug":"an-exceptionally-early-heat-wave-shatters-records-and-brings-deaths-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"An exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 The United Kingdom smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday as a spring heat wave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=692\">To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs<\/a><\/p> <p>A temperature of 95.2 Fahrenheit was recorded at London&#8217;s Kew Gardens, Britain&#8217;s Met Office weather service said, breaking the 94.6-degree record set a day earlier at Kew. The provisional readings smashed the long-standing record of 91.4 degrees set in 1922 and matched in 1944.<\/p> <p>London also recorded a rare &#8220;tropical night,&#8221; defined as one in which the temperature does not fall below 68.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman uses an umbrella as a sun shade in August 2013 as she walks on an overpass in Shanghai, which was experiencing its worst heat in 140 years. A new study found that more than 200 heat waves, including the China heatwave, were substantially more likely and more intense because of the activity of major fossil fuel producers.\" class=\"wp-image-696\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2f691ed2ca3bbc3def320df0e5a2c128-768x533.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2f691ed2ca3bbc3def320df0e5a2c128-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2f691ed2ca3bbc3def320df0e5a2c128-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2f691ed2ca3bbc3def320df0e5a2c128.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Climate <\/h3>\n<h3>Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers&#8217; pollution<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESG-S1-124360-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Records also fell in France, where temperatures reached 97 on Monday in the country&#8217;s southwest and widely remained above 68 at night.<\/p> <p>The national weather service, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, said a &#8220;heat dome,&#8221; with heat held in place by a high-pressure weather front, was producing temperatures more than 10 degrees Celsius above what is usual for this time of year.<\/p> <p>Unpredictable and extreme weather is becoming more frequent as Earth warms. Experts say unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustrated gif shows a scene with a larger-than-life cup of ice water standing in for a swimming pool. A person stands at the top of a high dive in red swim trunks and when a cloud moves away from the sun, the person dives into the water.\" class=\"wp-image-697\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ffb5c05ef8901442ae13ab2f12b1eeb3-768x576.gif\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ffb5c05ef8901442ae13ab2f12b1eeb3-768x576.gif 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ffb5c05ef8901442ae13ab2f12b1eeb3-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Life Kit <\/h3>\n<h3>Planning to be outside on a hot and humid day? Take these precautions<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESG-S1-124360-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>&#8220;We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that heat wave events such as this have been made more likely and more severe due to climate change arising from our emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases,&#8221; said Peter Thorne, director of the ICARUS Climate Research Centre, at Maynooth University, in Ireland. &#8220;But, nevertheless, many of the records being set, particularly in the U.K. and France, are mind-bogglingly crazy.&#8221;<\/p> <p>After a U.K. long weekend that sent people flocking to beaches, pools and shady parks, London commuters sweltered on Tuesday in subway carriages without air conditioning. Trains to and from the busy Waterloo station were disrupted by a report of smoke on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>In Scotland, firefighters worked through the night to douse a grass fire that sent smoke billowing from Arthur&#8217;s Seat, the rocky hill that looms over Edinburgh.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=684\">39 World Cup teams will be based in the U.S. Here\u2019s which squad will be closest to you<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.K. Health Security Agency issued an amber health alert for large parts of the country through Thursday, warning of a potential health risk, particularly among older people, at the hottest times of the day. The U.K. is used to moderate temperatures, and many homes, schools and businesses do not have air conditioning.<\/p> <p>At least four teenagers died in apparent drownings in U.K. lakes and reservoirs, and a 60-year-old man died in the sea in southwest England, authorities said.<\/p> <p>French government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said there have been reports of at least seven deaths potentially related to high temperatures, including five drownings and two deaths in sports competitions.<\/p> <p>The early heat wave has struck before the annual summer window when lifeguards watch over bathers at popular beaches, increasing risks.<\/p> <p>On France&#8217;s Atlantic seaboard, where magnificent beaches have powerful riptides, officials reported a rash of emergencies in the surf, with two drowning deaths on Sunday at popular resorts in the Gironde region in the southwest.<\/p> <p>The top regional administrator, Sophie Brocas, urged beachgoers &#8220;to exercise the utmost caution.&#8221;<\/p> <p>The unseasonable heat extended to Spain, where weather service spokesperson Rub\u00e9n del Campo said: &#8220;We find ourselves with temperatures we normally see in the middle of the summer now in the month of May.&#8221;<\/p> <p>He said Seville hit 100 degrees over the weekend, while large parts of the Iberian Peninsula saw temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius higher than normal.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=674\">Amid fresh strikes, what does diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran entail?<\/a><\/p> <p>And in Rome, temperatures were expected to reach 89 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temperature records are breaking and triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. 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