Reuters: Heatwave across Europe leaves 8 dead as early summer temperatures hit records

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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/two-die-spain-wildfire-two-deaths-france-european-heatwave-2025-07-02/

Heatwave across Europe leaves 8 dead as early summer temperatures hit records
By Reuters
July 2, 20255:01 PM GMT

Summary

• France reports two deaths in heatwave, 300 taken to hospital
• Italy issues red alerts in 18 cities; two men die on beach
• Swiss reactor shut down due to high river-water temperatures
• Four die in Spain, two of them in wildfire
• Turkey, after 50,000 evacuated earlier, says fires contained

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant.

Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia had killed two people a day earlier, and authorities reported heatwave-linked deaths also in Extremadura and Cordoba. France's energy minister reported two deaths linked to the heat, with 300 others taken to hospital.

Italy issued red alerts for 18 cities, while in Germany temperatures were forecast to peak at 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas, making it the hottest day of the year.

Two men over the age of 60 died in separate incidents on the beach in Sardinia from the heat, ANSA news agency reported.

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“…hottest day of the year.” (so far…)