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Click here to see other videos from our team. According to Maxar Technologies LLC, refreshing your browser, or sizzling temperatures are expected to hit the UK, Germany, and France, reaching almost 36 degrees Celsius 96.8 Fahrenheit on Friday. The heat will increase demand for cooling, aggravating already dry conditions that hurt crops and force limits on water use. Read more: London Is Teetering Toward Water Rationing If Drought Persists Extreme heat has already taken its toll on the continent, with France registering the driest July on record and England the driest in almost 90 years, underscoring the impact that a warming climate is having on vital infrastructure. Water levels on the Rhine River are so low that trade is at risk of a halt on some sections of the waterway.
The weather has caused a number of fires near London, triggered by warnings that railway lines could buckle, and forced power stations to operate at low levels to prevent overheating. In France, regulators granted Electricite de France SA a temporary waiver for five nuclear plants to discharge hot water into rivers that may be in violation of environmental standards as the nation struggles with an energy crisis. Although temperatures aren't likely to reach the record breaking levels set in July, the heat wave comes amid a historic energy-supply crunch as Russia tightens its grip on natural gas flows to the region. The crisis has caused a rise in inflation, which is threatening to tip some of Europe's largest economies into a recession. In recent days, power prices in Germany and France have gone up to new all time highs. According to Maxar, the heat is predicted to peak at 31.5 degrees Celsius in London by Friday and 32.5 degrees in Frankfurt.