The blazing heat building across central Europe is setting the stage for a multi-day severe weather event through Wednesday.
A cold front slicing into what is proving to be the hottest air mass so far this year is putting areas from France to western Poland and northern Italy at risk for violent thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms, some severe, developed across western and northern France before spreading into Belgium, Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
The strongest thunderstorms into Monday evening will be capable of producing damaging winds, hail, tornadoes and blinding downpours.
Paris lies within this zone, as well as Brussels, Belgium; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Dusseldorf, Germany.
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