Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/5 Next image Previous image Toggle caption People cool off at a mist fountain at Place du Trocadero in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen People cool off at a mist fountain at Place du Trocadero in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift eastScientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four toddlers and more than 55 drownings, as the brutally hot conditions sweeping Europe were forecast to shift east, choking 150 million people under 35C (95F) temperatures.Scientists said the heatwave was the most severe and widespread ever, leaving nearly half of the region’s 850 largest cities grappling with unprecedented heat stress. They said the extreme temperatures had been made possible by the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning.On Friday, a hospital in Marseille said an 18-month-old child had died in emergency care earlier in the week after he was found in a car in a state of hyperthermia. A police source told the newspaper Le Figaro it was believed that the father, who works in the area, may have…
Published: June 26, 2026 5:23 pm
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