Western Europe is experiencing record-breaking temperatures due to a heatwave fueled by a "heat dome" of warm air from North Africa. The unseasonably high temperatures put numerous climate records at risk.

Western Europe faced another day of record-breaking temperatures Tuesday as a heatwave pushed the mercury well above normal levels for May. A so-called "heat dome" of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the sort of heat not usually seen until high summer.