Paris Olympics crowds feel the heat as temperatures rise following rain at start of Games
The 2024 Olympics famously launched with a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike. Now, they're facing the opposite experience Tuesday: a heat wave.
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00:00After a rain-soaked opening ceremony last week, Olympic fans are adjusting to a very
00:06different experience, a heatwave.
00:10Most of France is under a heatwave warning, with temperatures in Paris and its surrounding
00:14areas expecting to climb to 35 degrees Celsius or higher, according to the French National
00:20Weather Agency.
00:22Visitors and residents cooled off by drinking water and staying in the shade.
00:28Paris' train and metro operator said over 2.5 million containers of water will be distributed
00:33at public transport stations.
00:36France's National Weather Agency described heatwaves as increasingly intense, frequent,
00:41early and long-lasting amid climate change.
00:45It said that before 1989, such high temperatures were observed on average once every five years,
00:50but since 2000, they have been repeating every year.
00:54It predicts the trend will keep increasing.