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France endures its hottest day in history as temperatures pass 44C: Hundreds of deaths include UK woman at campsite and child in car British woman died at a French campsite and a three-year-old was found dead in a hot car in Paris yesterday as the death toll from a blistering European heatwave continued to climb.France is once again facing searing conditions today having endured its hottest ever 24-hour period on Wednesday. On Tuesday, temperatures climbed past 44C in Pissos in the country's south-west. At least 48 people have drowned across the country since the heatwave began with extreme heat closing nuclear reactors and triggering forest fires.https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15928703/British-woman-dies-French-campsite-three-year-old-dead-inside-car-countrys-deadly-heatwave-continues.html