Heatwave over Europe! 46 degrees Celsius in the Pyrenees

A heatwave continues to affect large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings due to unbearable heat. Southern Spain is the worst affected, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius recorded in Seville and surrounding areas.

According to Spain's national meteorological service, a new June temperature record of 46°C was set in the town of El Granado. The same source reports that this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.

Red warnings for extreme heat are in place in parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, while multiple orange warnings cover areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland, the BBC reports.

A woman in Barcelona died after finishing her shift as a street cleaner on Saturday, when temperatures were very high, according to an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.

In Italy, hospital emergency departments across the country have reported a rise in heatstroke cases, mainly in "the elderly, cancer patients or homeless people", Mario Guarino, vice president of the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine, told AFP.