{"id":508793,"date":"2026-06-24T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508793\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:57:13","slug":"france-records-hottest-day-ever-as-europe-suffers-brutal-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508793\/","title":{"rendered":"France records hottest day ever as Europe suffers brutal heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

A high of 44.3 Celsius (111.7 degrees Fahrenheit) was measured in parts of Landes, in the southwest.<\/p>\n

The record of 29.8 C for France\u2019s national thermal indicator \u2014 an average of day and nighttime temperatures measured at 30 weather stations \u2014 was only the latest in a series of never-before-registered highs heaped on Europe in this latest heat wave. <\/p>\n

\u201cFurther record-breaking temperatures are expected, including some that could surpass all previous records, regardless of the time of year,\u201d the Meteo France weather service said, adding that the conditions were comparable to a 16-day heatwave in \u200bAugust \u20602003 that caused an estimated 80,000 excess deaths across Europe.<\/p>\n

At least 48 people have died in France from drowning as they tried to escape the crippling heat, authorities said. <\/p>\n

Two young children were killed by heat in a car, prosecutors in the southern commune of Carpentras said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cThe mother, speaking voluntarily, confirmed that the children had locked themselves in the vehicle without her knowledge,\u201d it added. <\/p>\n

\"ParisCrowds gather on the banks and bridges of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris on Tuesday.Samuel Boivin \/ NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

At Paris\u2019 Charles de Gaulle Airport<\/a>, passengers scrolling through their weather apps were greeted with a slew of red across much of France early Wednesday, warning about the risks of extreme heat for tens of millions of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it would be hot, we didn\u2019t realize it would be the hottest day of on record,\u201d a woman arriving from the U.K. told her friend as they waited in line. Another woman said she would hide out in her hotel where there is air conditioning. <\/p>\n

Tourists hoping to visit the city\u2019s iconic Eiffel Tower may be disappointed for a second day after it closed Tuesday afternoon. Those with tickets were asked to check their emails on the tower\u2019s website Wednesday. \u201cVisitors without tickets are asked to postpone their visit,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n

The Louvre museum also said it would close two hours earlier than normal from Wednesday through Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough parts of its historic building are naturally resilient, the museum remains vulnerable and is not sufficiently adapted to climate change,\u201d Louvre officials said. \u201cHeat buildup is greatest toward the end of the day and is further intensified by high visitor numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outisde the museum, American tourists Dom and Jenn Caruso were sweltering outside. <\/p>\n

\u201cUbearably hot,\u201d said Dom, 45. \u201cIt\u2019s just ridiuclous, you can\u2019t seem to escape it.\u201d He added they had no choice but to push on through otherwise they flew from their home near Detroit \u201cto sit in a hotel room and that just doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019re here just to see what we can see, enjoy as much as we can and deal with it with water and fans and whatever we can,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Jenn, 43, added that together with their two children, they were planning to visit the Louvre before taking a cruise on the River Seine. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re experiencing an episode of exceptional intensity,\u201d French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu<\/a> said Tuesday. \u201cEvery day and every night, local and national temperature records are being broken.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A high of 44.3 Celsius (111.7 degrees Fahrenheit) was measured in parts of Landes, in the southwest. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-508793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}