claim: At four degrees, the deadly European heat wave of 2003, which killed as many as 2,000 people a day, will be a normal summer.
evidence: The European heat wave of 2006 was the second massive heat wave to hit the continent in four years, with temperatures rising to 40 °C ( 104 °F ) in Paris; in Ireland, which has a moderate maritime climate, temperatures of over 32 °C ( 90 °F ) were reported.