First Thing: Europe, Asia and US continue to face dangerous heatwaves

News Snapshot:

Good morning. The World Meteorological Organization says the heatwave in the northern hemisphere is likely to intensify. An estimated 61,000 people may have died in heatwaves last year in Europe alone. The EU’s emergency response coordination centre issued red alerts for high temperatures for most of Italy, north-eastern Spain, Croatia, Serbia, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. In the US, conditions continue to be brutal in many states. Tuesday marked the 19th day the city of Phoenix in Arizona has been subjected to temperatures of at least 110F (43.3C) – the longest stretch of time spent in such extreme heat...