Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the βCrash Test.β
23 June 2026 at 10:02
Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.
A visitor to the Palace of Versailles in France on Monday, where temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

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