Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat

"Temperatures climbed across Europe again on Wednesday, as a record-breaking heatwave left

tens of thousands of people without power and boosted air conditioner sales on a continent unused and ill equipped to handle searing heat.
France's national temperature indicator -- an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 stations -- reached 29.8C on Tuesday, the hottest since measurements began in 1947." msn