It was 115 degrees Fahrenheit in France last week - the highest temperature they have ever recorded.

[Uncle Joe]

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Climate crisis: Europe's cities dangerously unprepared for heat wave hell

(CNN)A scorching heat wave is forcing Europe to realize how dangerously unprepared its cities are for climate emergencies.

Climate change is making heat waves increasingly common and more severe, putting the lives of thousands of vulnerable people at risk.

Hot weather gets deadly in places that are not ready for it. In August 2003, during one of the most severe heat waves seen in England in recent years, mortality across the country increased 16% because of the heat. But in London, 42% more people died compared to the average of the same time periods in the previous five years.

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"Healthy people in general are okay in hot weather as long as they take some precautions, but when it starts getting to about 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) even healthy people are at risk," said Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which is part of London School of Economics.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/29/europe/climate-change-heatwaves-cities-intl/index.html?no-st=1561997940

[ucrdem]

1. Yep.

It's always gotten hot in the summer, moreso in the south, but it's really getting to be a problem all over Europe. Forest fires too.

[jalan48]

3. A record 90 Degrees in Anchorage Alaska yesterday. Are we getting closer to a Democratic debate

about climate change? Now's the time to lead, not follow.

[treestar]

4. Right-wingers: It's called summer.

I have actually heard that from them.

I read it has never reached 90 in Alaska before.