New reports show deaths and widespread transport failures as the heat wave deepens: a Dormagen nursing home resident died during evacuation and concrete burst on the A2 near Berlin, while Deutsche Bahn cancels trains and offers refunds.French hospitals treated more than 3,000 heat-related patients in 24 hours and activated emergency plans as temperatures exceeded 40 C and authorities report about 40 heat-related deaths this week.The United Kingdom set a provisional June high of 37.3 C,
emergency services warn against unsupervised swimming after a 22-year-old drowning, and officials say persistent very warm nights and damaged infrastructure will require inspections and cooling measures.