France has put emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricted public alcohol consumption, and canceled some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
In Paris, crowds of young people played cat and mouse with police at the Saint-Martin Canal, diving off a footbridge authorities tried to close. Children dove into the Seine in Samois-sur-Seine. A thunderstorm hit the Baltic Sea beach in Travemuende, Germany. People visited the beach in hot weather. In Istanbul, a man delivered water bottles. A cargo ship passed on the Rhine in Germany.
Multiple drowning deaths have been reported. Authorities have stepped up precautions.