Heat wave shatters all-time records in Europe

Driving the news: Parts of France, Austria and Germany posted more record-breaking temperatures on Sunday.

• Two areas in France — Chambery-Aix les Bains and Langres — broke temperature records for June on Sunday, according to the French meteorological service on Twitter. Chambery-Aix les Bains reached a new high of 98°F (36.7°C), while Langres reached 95.5°F (35.3°C).
• The Austrian state of Vorarlberg reached 97.7°F (36.5°C), breaking the previous record from 1950, according to the Austrian meteorological service on Twitter.
• A station in Cottbus, Germany, recorded a new all-time high for any month, with temperatures reaching 102.6°F (39.2°C), the German meteorological service reported on Twitter.

More details: Firefighters also continued to battle wildfires in Spain and Germany, according to Al Jazeera.

• Wildfires have burned more than 61,000 acres in the northwest province of Zamora in Spain, Al Jazeera reported.
• In Germany, officials evacuated three villages near Berlin due to an approaching wildfire, according to Al Jazeera.

Our thought bubble, from Axios' Andrew Freedman: This is now one of the worst June heat waves on record in parts of Western Europe. Human-caused climate change is making such events more common, severe and long-lasting.