Abu dhabi: A severe heatwave affecting several European countries has resulted in the deaths of 74 people by drowning in France since June 18, while Germany has recorded a new temperature record for the second consecutive day, reaching 41.5 degrees Celsius.
According to Emirates News Agency, French Interior Minister Laurent Nu±ez stated in an interview with Le Parisien that most of the drowning fatalities occurred in unauthorized and unmonitored bodies of water, such as rivers, lakes, and ponds, as well as in private swimming pools. Nu±ez highlighted that these incidents were linked to thermal shock and, at times, excessive physical activity, with a significant number of deaths resulting from cardiac arrest.
Meanwhile, the German Weather Service, using preliminary data, reported a new temperature record in the town of M¶ckern-Drewitz in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where temperatures peaked at 41.5 degrees Celsius. This new record surpassed the 41.3 degrees Celsius recorded on Friday in Burbach, Saarbrcken, the capital of Saarland. That figure was broken again today at the same weather station, which recorded 41.4 degrees Celsius, before M¶ckern-Drewitz later registered the highest temperature ever recorded in Germany.
