Paris braces for heatwave Parisians and tourists alike enjoy pleasant temperatures Sunday but temps will rise over the next few days as the French capital prepares for a heatwave "unprecedented for the month of June". Back in the summer of 2003, France suffered an intense heatwave that led to the deaths of nearly 15,000 mostly elderly people. Starting on Tuesday, France will see temperatures from 35 to 40 degrees C. IMAGES