EIFFEL TOWER SHUTS AS EUROPE FACES RECORD-BREAKING HEATWAVE
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This pattern is becoming increasingly common as global temperatures rise. In recent summers
Mediterranean marine heat waves have had a growing impact—fueling extreme land temperatures, worsening floods, and intensifying wildfires.
Spain experienced its hottest June on record last month, with temperatures “shattering records,” according to AEMET on Tuesday.
This is driving a surge of high humidity northward, keeping nighttime temperatures unusually high in areas impacted by the heat wave.
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