Europe Swelters Under Fifth Heatwave of Summer A blanket of sweltering heat has suffocated large parts of Europe for what is now its fifth consecutive heatwave of the summer.
Temperatures in France have topped out at 40 degrees Celsius, prompting a response from authorities already primed to deal with such emergencies.
Historians of environmental disasters note that the real tragedy lies not in the events themselves but in our inability to learn from the past.