Paris is limiting public drinking and takeaway alcohol sales as a record heatwave strains hospitals. The heat has broken records across Europe, with scientists linking its intensity to human-caused climate change.
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France has reported 40 drownings since Thursday as a severe heat wave drives people into rivers and other unsupervised waters. Record heat has disrupted schools, transportation, landmarks and labor across several European countries.
France banned public drinking in red-alert heat zones and closed hundreds of schools as temperatures neared 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Spain, Italy, Britain and Germany also faced heat warnings, event cancellations and emergency measures.
NOAA says El Niño has begun in the tropical Pacific, with a 63% chance it becomes one of the strongest events recorded since 1950. Scientists warn it could intensify global heat and disrupt weather, food supplies and economies into 2027.