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Baking heatwave gives Europe no respite
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At least 101 million Europeans were expected to experience temperatures of over 35C yesterday, in an increasingly deadly heatwave hotter than weather in parts of Africa.
France and Spain, among the countries worst hit, began counting the toll from the extreme temperatures, with children among the victims.
AFP calculations based on forecasts from the German weather service and 2025 population projections from the European Joint Research Centre indicated that more than 380 million people would face temperatures of over 30C.
