Fires burned in France’s Aude wine region, along Bulgaria’s southern borders, near Montenegro’s capital and coast, and in Turkey’s northwest — and Hungary recorded record-breaking weekend temperatures.

‘Heatwaves don’t roar like storms – they creep in quietly, but can be just as deadly.’ A four-year-old boy died in Sardinia, Italy, earlier today after being found unconscious in his family’s car. He died of irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke despite being airlifted to hospital in Rome.

A heat wave gripping parts of Europe sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit) in southern France and the Western Balkans on Monday, fueling wildfires, triggering top-level weather alerts and forcing evacuations in several countries across what scientists warn is the world’s fastest-warming continent.