Europe Heatwave

An unidentified woman puts on sunglasses as she looks at the Eiffel Tower under a heat haze in Paris, Friday, Aug. 8, 2003. France got a slight reprieve from record-breaking temperatures, but forecasters warned that a heat wave blamed for deaths, drying rivers and scorching wildfires around Europe could simmer through September.

Lefkothea Andreakis, a tourist from the Greek island of Crete, waves her fan as she sits under the columnade shadow, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003. Throughout Italy, temperatures remained above 86 F, with the highest temperature reaching 100 in Milan, northern Italy, reports said.

Christa Anschuetz from Berlin does some gymnastic exercises before swimming at the Wannsee lake in Berlin, Germany, Thursday Aug. 7, 2003. Meteorologists expect the heat wave with temperatures close tothe 100-mark to continue throughout Germany.

People cool down in a fountain in Cordoba, southern Spain, Sunday Aug. 3, 2003. Temperatures in much of central and southern Spain stayed around 104 F Sunday as a heat wave sweeps the Iberian peninsula.

An unidentified tourist folds her pareo, before swimming on the beach of northern Adriatic town of Rovinj on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003. Meteorologists expect sunny weather with some thunderstorms to continue for the upcoming days in Croatia.

Gabi Worni and her daughter Vivien dip their feet in snow and ice at the Staedeli Alp Restaurant in Fluehli, Switzerland, Monday Aug. 11, 2003. The restaurant owner brought some eight tons of ice and snow to attract and cool guests.

A child drinks water from a fountain at Paris Plage (Paris Beach) on the banks of the Seine River Tuesday ,Aug. 5, 2003. Temperatures in Paris have reached 104 degrees F and meteorologists expect the heat wave to continue.

Director Heike Kueck, right, watches polar bear "Lloyd" refreshing himself in his swimming pool in the zoo of Bremerhaven, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 8, 2003. Meteorologists expect the heat wave to continue all over Europe.

People cool off at the Trocadero fountain in Paris, France, on Saturday Aug. 9, 2003. Weather forecasters warned that a heat wave blamed for deaths, drying rivers and scorching wilfires around Europe could simmer through September.

Francesca Scalia, 77, fanning herself at left, and her shirtless son Cosimo De Rosalia, 53, endure the heat in Piazza Marina square, downtown Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy, Monday Aug. 11, 2003. Throughout Italy temperatures remained above 86 F, with the highest temperature reaching 100 in Milan, northern Italy, reports said.

People cool off in a Paris street, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Weather forecasters warned that a heat wave blamed for deaths, drying rivers and scorching wildfires around Europe could simmer through to September.

A surfer rides a wave in front of a bridge on the river Eisbach, while others watch him in downtown Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 12. 2003. Temperatures in Bavaria remained above 86 F. German meteorologists expect the heat wave to end on Thursday.

A carriage driver gives his horse a drink of water as a group of tourists head towards the Maschio Angioino fortress in downtown Naples, Monday, Aug. 11, 2003.

A boy plays with a ball in a fountain in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 11, 2003. Meteorologists expect the heat wave to end Thursday in Germany.

People cool off in the Seine River in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Weather forecasters warned that a heat wave blamed for deaths, drying rivers and scorching wildfires around Europe could simmer through to September. Notre Dame Cathedral is central in the background.
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