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Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France have shone a spotlight on the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe.
In just more than two decades, the continent has experienced its five hottest summers since 1500.
2021: Hottest ever
Last year was Europe’s hottest summer on record, according to the European climate change monitoring service Copernicus.
Between late July and early August 2021, Greece endured what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the country’s worst heatwave in…
