Europe faces extreme heat

France’s worst drought on record has left parched villages relying on water deliveries by truck, farmers warning of a milk shortage and energy utility EDF cutting nuclear power output


Drought conditions: Normal soil
Warning: Soil moisture deficit
Alert: Vegetation stress

Weekend temperature forecasts (August 13, °C)

UNITED KINGDOM  27° 34°

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 23°

NORWAY  24°

SWEDEN 26°

DENMARK 25°

NETHERLANDS 29°

FRANCE: 36° 38° 40°
Peaks of 40°C possible in east

PORTUGAL 29°

Bay of Biscay

SPAIN 37°

33° 31° 

Corsica 27°

GERMANY 32° 

POLAND 28°

AUSTRIA 28°

31°

ITALY 29° 

Sicily 31°

Mediterranean Sea


Sources: European Drought Observatory, La Chaîne Météo, Weather Channel
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