On Saturday, temperatures were high across most of Western Europe, topping at 40 degrees Celsius.
France and the Iberian Peninsula have been hit hard, with peaks of close to 42-43 degrees Celsius in southwestern France.
Almost three-quarters of France's population, 45 million people were issued red or orange heat alerts, in the earliest heatwave ever recorded.
In Spain, firefighters are battling a number of fires across the country, due to the country's dry conditions.
Authorities had to evacuate 14 villages in Sierra de la Culebra, a mountain range in the region of Castilla y León near the border with Portugal.