Effect
About 15,000 people died due to the
heat in France, which led to a shortage
of space to store dead bodies in
mortuaries.
Human effect
Drowning - some people drowned when
trying to cool off in rivers and lakes.
Social effect
Transport - some railway tracks buckled
in the heat
Environmental effect
Agriculture - many chickens, pigs and
cows died during the heat in Europe and
crops failed in the dry conditions.