When #Paris is hotter than #Mecca: How #Europe’s heatwave compares globally Paris and other European cities are experiencing temperatures above 40C (104F), reaching levels normally seen across the #MiddleEast Scientists say the early-season #heatwave is part of a broader warming trend. Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising by approximately >> 0.56°C per decade since the mid-1990s, more than double the global average. Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, more intense and likely to occur earlier and later in the year. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/24/when-paris-is-hotter-than-mecca-how-europes-heatwave-compares-globally #ClimateCatastrophe #ExtremeWeather