Europe's record-setting heatwave to spike even higher - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

Paris was expected to see the mercury soar to as much as 41 or 42 degrees Celsius, breaking a 70-year-plus record of 40.4C and turning the UNESCO-listed capital into a baking urban bowl.

The northern third of France, including Paris, was under a red alert while the rest of the country had a yellow warning and water-use restrictions were in force. On Wednesday, the southern Dutch town of Gilze-Rijen experienced 38.8C heat, surpassing a record dating back 75 years. A Eurostar train bound for London tore down part of the cable support just outside Brussels. The 600 passengers were eventually taken back to Brussels, the Belga news agency said.In London, police were searching for three people who went missing in the River Thames after going swimming while three people have drowned in Germany since Tuesday.

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