Heat, Drought Back Haunting Europe on First Day of Summer

With tens of thousands of deaths in a sizzling summer of 2003 still fresh on people’s minds, Europe suffered in a new heat wave the first day of summer, while farmers warned of a historic drought.

In Paris, the health ministry ordered authorities in three counties to activate their heat wave plans after they were informed that “the current wave could present a health risk for the population as of June 21.”
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