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Will the heat wave continue throughout August?

Will the heat wave continue throughout August?

There is no end in sight to Europe's hottest summer, as heat wave warnings have been issued from Spain to Germany.

In Paris, too, Olympians have been forced to compete in sweltering heat, in near-extreme temperatures that would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, according to climate group World Weather Attribution (WWA).

Drought and fires have broken out across the Mediterranean as a result of the hot weather, which looks set to continue throughout August and beyond in some parts.

Extreme heat currently claims more than 175,000 lives each year in Europe, with numbers set to rise, according to a report published today by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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