Paris scorches in historic drought as heatwave fries Europe

Paris: Europeans are cooling off in public fountains as a new heatwave breaks records and spreads across the continent.

Electricite de France has closed nuclear reactors because
the Garonne river water is too hot to cool power plants.

Belgium and Germany registered their highest-ever temperatures this week, while the Netherlands had its hottest day in 75 years.

And the mercury is expected to rise even further.

Read the story from The Age by Megan Durisin and William Wilkes - “Paris scorches in historic drought as heatwave fries Europe.”