Western Europe remained in the grip of an intense and deadly heatwave on Wednesday, with soaring temperatures claiming dozens of lives, disrupting electricity supplies, closing schools and forcing some of the continent's most famous landmarks to curtail operations as forecasters warned the extreme »»»

PARIS/LONDON/ROME - Western Europe was in the grip of a heatwave on June 24 that claimed dozens of lives, disrupted power supplies, shut schools and cultural landmarks, as forecasters warned the extreme temperatures could persist until the end of the week. Smashing previous records, Britain logged »»»

Western Europe was in the grip of a heatwave on Wednesday that claimed dozens of lives, disrupted power supplies, shut schools and cultural landmarks, as forecasters warned the extreme temperatures could persist until the end of the week. Smashing previous records, Britain logged its highest temper»»»