Heatwave kills 31 in Europe
Europeans were urged to stay cool on Friday as a record-breaking heatwave that has melted roads, jangled nerves and killed 31 people across half the continent looked set to last another week.
An updated count brought to 31 the number of people who are believed to have died since the start of the week in western Europe, including two new victims reported in Spain.
The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said there was a rise of 168 in the number of deaths in the first week of July above the average - which it said was linked to the heatwave.
"This does not mean that these people were killed by the heat. But if someone has a particular cardiovascular or breathing problem, then heat can be a trigger," said CBS researcher Carl Harmsen.
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