People sit on the sun-parched grass in Greenwich Park with the London skyline in the background  July 17, 2022.

People sit on the sun-parched grass in Greenwich Park with the City of London skyline in the background in London, Sunday July 17, 2022. Britain's weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures in southern England may reach 40 C (104 F) for the first time. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

An "unprecedented" drought grips much of the Continent with worse to come.

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