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In recent days across parts of Europe, temperatures have soared, heat records have been broken and spring has felt more like the height of summer.

Meteo France, the French national weather service, has attributed this to a heat dome", with warmth held in place by a high-pressure weather front that has produced temperatures more than 10C above what used to be usual for this time of year.