Heatwave sweeps across Europe

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Heatwave sweeps across Europe

STORY: Heatwave sweeps across Europe DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: London\Paris\Madrid\Amsterdam CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of Europe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of climate change science, University of East Anglia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): CAYETANO TORRES, Coordinator of Information, Spain's State Meteorological Agency STORYLINE: A significant heatwave is sweeping across Europe, with several countries suffering the threats of disasters and health risks caused by extremely high temperatures. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday that Europe's heatwave could persist into the middle of next week, whereas the negative impacts of climate change are bound to continue at least until 2060s. The UK baked in its hottest day ever on Tuesday as the village of Coningsby in the East Midlands of England saw air temperature reach 40.3 degrees Celsius, a fresh record for the country according to the national weather ser

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