{"id":5255,"date":"2026-06-24T08:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:31:39","slug":"massive-blackout-hits-france-as-europe-battles-extreme-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"Massive blackout hits France as Europe battles extreme heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PARIS: Europe braced for another day of intense heat on Wednesday as a record-breaking heatwave continued to grip the continent, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, boosting demand for cooling equipment and exposing the region\u2019s limited preparedness for extreme temperatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts said the prolonged heat is being driven by atmospheric conditions that trap hot air over the region for days at a time. These weather patterns are being intensified by global warming, making heatwaves longer, more frequent and more severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France\u2019s national temperature indicator \u2014 which measures average daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 weather stations \u2014 reached 29.8\u00b0C on Tuesday, marking the highest level since records began in 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities expanded the highest-level heat alert to four additional French departments on Wednesday, bringing the number of affected people to around 44 million. Combined with the 31 departments already under orange alert, more than 90 per cent of France\u2019s population was exposed to extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Temperatures ranging between 39\u00b0C and 41\u00b0C were forecast for Wednesday across large parts of the country, including Brittany, the Paris region and much of southwestern France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heatwave also triggered France\u2019s first major power outage during the current spell of extreme weather. A heat-related transformer malfunction left approximately 68,000 households without electricity in the northwestern department of Finistere, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repair crews worked throughout the night following the incident, which occurred late Tuesday, but officials said full restoration of power was not expected before the end of Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its peak, as many as 106,000 customers of the French electricity network were left without power. Scientists have warned that rising temperatures are placing increasing pressure on infrastructure that was not designed for the prolonged and intense heat associated with climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demand for cooling equipment surged as residents sought relief from the soaring temperatures. In a country where most buildings are not designed to withstand extreme heat, sales of fans and air conditioners increased sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French hypermarket chain Carrefour sold 30,000 cooling units by 6:30pm on Monday, according to Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Bompard, who described the figure as \u201ca thousand times more than on a normal day\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online retailer Amazon reported that sales of cooling devices nearly doubled last week compared to the same period in 2025, while electronics retailer Fnac Darty recorded double-digit growth in sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thierry, an electrician in southwestern France, said he had been overwhelmed with urgent requests for air-conditioning installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn theory, you have to submit a request to the owners\u2019 association general meeting\u201d in residential buildings, he said. \u201cBut people don\u2019t want to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martine Belloc, a 62-year-old retiree in Bordeaux, said living without air conditioning had become increasingly difficult. On Tuesday, she visited La ManuCo, a coworking facility that had opened its doors to elderly residents seeking respite from the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to live alone and without air conditioning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re suffocating\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourists were also struggling with the conditions. John Beeler, a 45-year-old American engineer visiting Paris with his wife, described the heat as unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVisiting Paris in this heat is awful,\u201d he told AFP while wearing a fisherman\u2019s hat and carrying a small fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re suffocating in the streets, we\u2019re suffocating in the subway and we\u2019re even suffocating in our rental,\u201d he said, adding that the couple planned to move to an air-conditioned hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere in Europe, Italy\u2019s health ministry issued red heatwave alerts for 16 cities, including Rome and Milan, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meteorologists warned that the heatwave would continue spreading eastward in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland\u2019s weather service issued high-level heat warnings for the western regions of the country from Thursday through Saturday, with temperatures potentially surpassing the national record of 40.2\u00b0C set in 1921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Croatia also placed parts of its Adriatic coast under red alert for Friday and Saturday due to expected extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hungary, which was already under a second-level heat warning, announced that it would raise the alert to the maximum level from Saturday through Tuesday as temperatures continue to climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A scientific study published this week concluded that the ongoing heatwave had been \u201csignificantly exacerbated by human-induced climate change\u201d. Researchers estimated that without the effects of climate change, temperatures across the affected areas would have been between 2\u00b0C and 4\u00b0C lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some relief was expected to arrive from the west. Spain\u2019s national weather service said temperatures would begin falling across most parts of the country on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No quick relief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the expected cooling in Spain, meteorologists warned that much of western Europe would continue to endure extreme temperatures through at least Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands issued a code orange warning for central and southern regions beginning Wednesday. In Amsterdam, residents holding city passes were offered free access to six outdoor public swimming pools as authorities sought to help people cope with the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch national railway company, NS, also announced that it would reduce train services on several routes from Wednesday as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the United Kingdom, schools were forced to adapt to the unusually high temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Bowen, assistant general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said nearly every school across the country would need to implement measures to protect students and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPretty much every school up and down the UK will be having to make some form of adaptation this week in light of the extreme heat,\u201d he told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that the school estate in the UK is not well prepared for this level of heat,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extreme weather also disrupted tourism and cultural activities. After some of France\u2019s most visited landmarks, including the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower, reduced visiting hours, the management of Belgium\u2019s iconic Atomium monument in Brussels announced that it would close earlier than usual from Wednesday through Friday due to the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS: Europe braced for another day of intense heat on Wednesday as a record-breaking heatwave continued to grip the continent, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, boosting demand&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1161,1134,2271],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-heatwave"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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