PARIS — An unforgiving heat wave in Western Europe laid bare Monday how extreme temperatures will increasingly challenge everyday life, as dozens of heat records were shattered, key sectors were hobbled, and emergency services confronted spreading wildfires and rising death tolls.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Europeans shocked by ‘heat apocalypse’ as temperature records fall
By Rick Noack
and Updated July 18, 2022 at 12:59 p.m. EDT|Published July 18, 2022 at 5:02 a.m. EDT