Cyprus Mail24 Jun 2026

France power cuts, Britain heat alert as Europe heatwave intensifies

Authorities in northern France were scrambling on Wednesday to restore electricity to thousands of homes hit by power cuts amid a blistering heatwave that has scorched much of western Europe for days.

Healthcare centres and critical sites were being prioritised in the effort, with generators provided to tide over retirement homes after Tuesday’s outages blamed on a transformer incident, they added....

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