Ben McPartland

And the big fear...

People are talking about whether there's more to come in early July, another one of these heatwaves that could be even worse.

We've got to remember, only in June, these heatwaves don't normally hit Paris until July and August, when schools are normally closed and a lot of people will be outside, away from the capital on holiday.

That's why this one has been particularly bad.

So, yes, things will get cooler, but only slowly.

There's no immediate respite.

Yeah, they're trying to get the message out, you know, that hosticles are saturated.

They say they're not overrun, but they are saturated.

You know, there's been a double the number of emergency call-outs.

You know, the number of heart attacks has gone up.

You know, the health chiefs are really getting the message out that, you know, people really need to take care, not just elderly people.

You know, I kind of passed a young lady who'd kind of fainted in the street yesterday who was getting help.

You walk around Paris and you do notice there's just a lot of ambulances going around, you know, call-outs.

You know, to people who are obviously, you know, the heat wave has impacted them.

They say, you know, the really the health chiefs, the government is trying to get, you know, mobilize the health sector to really cope with what's coming, coming in.

I think we'll find out in the days to come exactly the kind of death toll that this heat wave has had on on the people in Paris.