Heatwave and wildfires across Europe leave 10 people dead as 300 taken to hospital in France due to high temperatures
France reports two deaths in heatwave, 300 taken to hospitalItaly issues red alerts in 18 cities; two men die on beachSwiss reactor shut down due to high river-water temperaturesFour die in Spain, two of them in wildfireTurkey, after 50,000 evacuated earlier, says fires contained
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Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant.
Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia had killed two people a day earlier, and authorities reported heatwave-linked deaths also in Extremadura and Cordoba. France's energy minister reported two deaths linked to the heat, with 300 others taken to hospital.
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