Severe heatwave triggers warnings across Europe with temperatures exceeding 40C

A major heatwave places over 135 million people under high temperature warnings as Spain expects 40C, amber alerts are issued in the UK, and 80 departments in France are under an orange heat warning. Concurrently, the first total solar eclipse in Europe in nearly thirty years swept across the continent, allowing roughly one in eight people worldwide to witness at least a partial eclipse, including plunging Segovia, Spain into darkness for 59 seconds.

• Temperatures are expected to reach 40C in Spain.
• Over 135 million people in countries like France, Italy, Spain, and the UK face temperatures over 35C.
• Eighty departments in France are under an orange heat warning.
• A total solar eclipse caused 59 seconds of daytime darkness in Segovia, Spain
• First total solar eclipse visible in Europe in almost 30 years.
• One in eight people worldwide saw a partial eclipse.