What is a heat dome? How the atmospheric phenomenon has Europe trapped in a heat wave

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The Old Continent is cooked. Europe is sweltering amid an unprecedented heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring to record-breaking heights across the continent. On Tuesday, France hit its hottest day ever after the country’s national thermal indicator — an average of temperatures measured at 30 weather stations — reached a blistering 85.6 Fahrenheit. This eclipsed the previous high water mark of 84.9°F, which dated back to the scorching heat waves in August 2003 and July 2019, the AP

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