00:01Large parts of Europe will see high temperatures over the weekend, as experts warn that intense heat in spring is
00:09becoming a new normal.
00:11In Paris, temperatures are expected to reach 31 degrees on Saturday, while the south of the UK will hit 32
00:18degrees on Sunday.
00:19Southern Spain, meanwhile, will see temperatures climb to a scorching 38 degrees.
00:25Countries in the Mediterranean basin, like Italy, Greece, Spain and southern France, are the most affected by the phenomenon.
00:33Increasingly serious bouts of extreme heat are impacting nations whose housing stock, transport networks and hospitals were not designed for
00:42high temperatures.
00:42Researchers at Imperial College London looked at 854 European cities and found that climate change was responsible for 68%
00:52of the 24,400 estimated heat deaths last summer.
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