(30 Jul 2024)
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Paris – 30 July 2024
1. Sun shining
2. Various of people refilling water bottles at water fountain
3. Man drinking at water fountain
4. Family hiding in shade, children eating ice cream
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah David, tourist from the U.K.:
"It was red hot yesterday as well. Today definitely feels hotter again. We’re not used to the hot weather in the Lake District. It normally, well, it’s rained since December now I think. So we are eating lots of ice cream, lots of water, bought a new fan."
Owen David, tourist from the U.K.: “There has been water around, which has been really useful, so we can fill up our water bottles."
6. Various of Eiffel Tower
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Bengama, Paris resident:
"I’m actually happy. We have been asking for this heat, and it’s here now, so I’m fine. But I’m actually very very hot right now. I’m drinking a lot and I’m walking in areas where shadows are."
8. Woman walking with umbrella hiding from sun
9. Fans watching the Olympic Games in shade in Parc Monceau fan zone
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanz Gersang, visitor from Indonesia:
"It’s really really hot right now, and we don’t have any help on it. I think it’s quite hard. And sometime the meteo (weather) changes a lot – one day it’s cold, one day it’s hot. So, it really changes a lot."
11. Woman cooling off with fan
12. People around mist spray
13. Woman covering her head with pamphlet
STORYLINE:
After a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike last week, Olympic fans were rapidly adjusting to a very different experience on Tuesday – a heat wave.
Most of France is under a heat wave warning Tuesday, with temperatures in Paris and surrounding areas expected to climb to 35 C (95 F) or higher, the national weather agency said.
Visitors and residents cooled off by drinking water and staying in the shade.
A handful of stations that spray mist were set up at La Concorde urban park, the venue that includes skateboarding and BMX freestyle cycling.
People were already dunking their heads or cooling off with ice cream.
The Paris area’s train and metro operator said it will distribute more than 2.5 million containers of water at over 70 train stations and other stops on its transport network, as well as at bus stations.
Air conditioning is far less common in homes, shops and restaurants than in the United States.
The heat was expected to be even worse in the south, including the region around the Mediterranean city of Marseille that is hosting some soccer and sailing events.
Thunderstorms were expected to sweep into the Paris area in the evening.
France’s national weather agency described heat waves as “increasingly intense, frequent, early and long-lasting” amid climate change.
It said that before 1989, such high temperatures were observed on average once every five years, but since 2000, they have been repeating every year.
It predicts the trend will keep increasing.
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