Today there are red warnings for heat in place in France - in Paris and the Val de Loire, where temperatures could reach 41C. This is the highest level of alert, and the French authorities are warning everyone is in danger, even those in good health.

A heat dome hovered over France, Portugal and Spain to Turkey, while data from European forecasters suggested other countries were set to broil further in coming days.

France and the rest of Europe are still in the grips of the first major heat wave this summer even as conditions began to improve in some parts of the region