Europe's record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress
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Vronique Bertrand, a funeral director, works the phones Sunday, June 28, 2026, at her office in Paris. (AP Photo/John Leicester)FILE - Tourists enjoy cooling off at a public water fountain In Paris, on June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)Zouhaeir Hertelli, a mortuary and funeral service director, walks out of his coffin storeroom near Paris Orly airport on Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/John Leicester)FILE - A person cools off at Trocadero fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris, on June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)FILE - Parisians bath in the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as the national weather service, Meteo France, placed 54 departments, about half the country, under a red heat wave alert, on June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Vronique Bertrand, a funeral director, works the phones Sunday, June 28, 2026, at her office in Paris. (AP Photo/John Leicester)