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Europe hit by heatwave and hailstorms as experts warn Greenland ice could melt , 27 July 19, Soaring temperatures have broken records in Germany, France and the Netherlands, as a heatwave gripped Europe for the second time in a month, while experts warned the heat could move north towards Greenland causing record ice melts.

On Friday (AEST), temperatures reached as high as 43.6 degrees Celsius near Paris as fires devastated some 6,500 hectares of forests, farm fields and other land.

Belgium, where temperatures topped 41C in some areas, suffered the first death recorded this year as a direct result of the record-breaking heat when a woman was found dead near her caravan close to the beach…….

The UN’s weather agency is warning that record-breaking temperatures will become more frequent in the near future due to climate change. …..

Hailstorms cause flight delays, halt Tour de France

But the heat was closely followed by hailstorms, forcing an extraordinary halt to the Tour de France.

The riders had pushed through a sweltering 40C — riding with ice vests and drinking double the usual amount of liquids — before organisers stopped the world’s premier cycling event for the safety of riders when the sudden storm made the route through the Alps too dangerous……..