Deadly heat wave grips Europe as most French homes lack AC — Transcript

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1. 0:00Overseas now to that deadly heat wave
2. 0:02melting records across Western Europe
3. 0:04and it's about to get worse as brutal
4. 0:06new highs hit the region. CBS News
5. 0:08foreign correspondent Chris Livesay is
6. 0:10in Paris which once again top triple
7. 0:13digits.
8. 0:14>> Visitors flock to Paris expecting the
9. 0:17Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Instead,
10. 0:20extreme heat is closing their doors
11. 0:23early.
12. 0:23>> So many people have traveled from around
13. 0:25the world aren't getting to see the
14. 0:27sites that Paris has to offer because of
15. 0:30this heat wave and it's dangerously hot.
16. 0:33>> Europe is in the midst of its second
17. 0:35heat wave this year and summer's only
18. 0:38just begun.
19. 0:39But unlike the US, air conditioning is
20. 0:42not ubiquitous. Here in France, only 25%
21. 0:46of homes have it.
22. 0:48>> Today was the day you decided to jump
23. 0:50in.
24. 0:52>> Already at least 40 people have drowned
25. 0:55trying to stay cool in lakes, rivers,
26. 0:57and canals like this one in Paris.
27. 1:00>> And you can't blame them for cooling
28. 1:02off. Tonight France is one of the
29. 1:03hottest places on Earth, hotter than 99%
30. 1:08of the planet, including parts of some
31. 1:11of the hottest deserts.
32. 1:13>> The current heat wave isn't limited to
33. 1:15France. In London, commuters are
34. 1:17dreading blistering rides on the tube.
35. 1:20In Rome, getting a glimpse of the Pope
36. 1:23will cost you a sunburn. As heat waves
37. 1:25become more frequent and more fierce,
38. 1:28Europe must confront a new reality. It's
39. 1:31most famous landmarks were built for a
40. 1:34cooler world.
41. 1:36>> The UK today broke its all-time high for
42. 1:39the month of June topping 96 degrees.
43. 1:43But here in Paris, that almost seemed
44. 1:46cool where the temperature topped 104
45. 1:50degrees. That's only the fourth time
46. 1:51that's ever happened in 150
47. 1:55years. Tony.
48. 1:56>> All right, Chris. Thank you very much.