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Lightning Strikes Eiffel Tower During Thunderstorm Over Paris
A bolt hit the landmark on Saturday night as a thunderstorm passed over the city. The strike followed a severe heatwave that produced more than 1,000 excess deaths in France.
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Lightning struck the Eiffel Tower during a thunderstorm over Paris on Saturday 27 June. Eyewitness footage captured the bolt hitting the structure while onlookers watched. The strike occurred after a heatwave brought temperatures above 40 °C to many parts of France.
More than 1,000 excess deaths were recorded in the country during that period. The World Health Organisation described the European heatwave as the worst ever recorded on the continent. France’s public health agency stated that the mortality rate is expected to rise once additional data on deaths in care homes and residential care are released.
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