Three dead in Europe heatwave
Pastor Dale Morgan
Three dead in Europe heatwave*
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Paris
July 19, 2006
MUCH of Europe baked in tropical temperatures that climbed as high as
40C, in an increasingly dangerous heatwave blamed for at least four
deaths since Sunday.
Britain, already suffering the hottest day of the year yesterday, was
braced for its hottest day on record as forecasters predicted
temperatures could reach 39C in parts of England.
In Spain, a 44-year-old man died of heat exhaustion at Orense, in the
northwestern region of Galicia, regional government officials said
today, two days after another man died in Murcia in the south.
He had reportedly been working outside as temperatures hit 41.5C. The
Spanish Government has put in place a prevention program to warn
vulnerable groups of the dangers of going out in the heat of the day.
The other two deaths blamed on the oppressive heat were recorded in France.
In the southwest Bordeaux region, where the temperature climbed to 38C,
local authorities reported that two octogenarians were the victims of
hyperthermia. An 85-year-old man died in hospital and a woman, 81, at
her home.