Europe on Thursday began to show relief from the record-breaking heat wave that has been sweeping the continent through the week, while high temperatures partly remain. France began to see slightly lower temperatures on Thursday, although the national weather service Meteo-France still expects highs between 32°C and 36°C (around 90°F to 97°F).

A heat dome hovered over France, Portugal and Spain to Turkey, while data from European forecasters suggested other countries were set to broil further in coming days.

A heat dome swept across parts of Europe on Tuesday, leading authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat.