(24 Jul 2007) SHOTLIST
Bucharest, Romania
1. Close up electronic display reading 40 degrees (104 Fahrenheit) Celsius
2. Wide of water fountain, former dictator Ceausescu's palace in background
3. Various of people waiting for tram looking hot, some trying to cool off with fans
4. Woman drinking water in street
5. Various of water fountains downtown Bucharest, children swimming and playing in them
6. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) boy, name not given:
"We have been swimming here for like one month already, it is very hot. Today it's like more than 40 degrees."
7. Wide of Red Cross tent where people can have first aid
8. Red Cross assistant taking blood pressure of old man
9. Electronic panel downtown Bucharest, reading 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit), 1 hour later than panel shown in shot 1
10. People on public transport, man waving piece of paper to cool down
Rome, Italy
11. Wide of the Piazza Navona, Rome
12. Dog swimming in a fountain in the Piazza Navona
13. Tourists walking
14. Wide of Roman ruins
15. Tourist waving his hat to cool himself
16. Digital display showing date and temperature as 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit)
17. Wide of market
18. Woman bathing her feet
19. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Pablo, tourist:
"It's hot. I believe that yesterday it was 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). We refresh ourselves with fruit, water and lemon to reduce the heat."
20. Close-up of watermelon on stall
21. Woman eating a piece of melon
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ron, tourist:
"You get tired, you know. You're out for two hours in the afternoon, no energy...time to go back to the hotel and the air conditioning and relax."
23. People walking, one drinking water, one eating fruit
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Sarajevo, Bosnia
24. Wide of square in front of bus station in Sarajevo
25. Empty bus stop
26. Empty buses
27. Mid of woman washing herself in the fountain
28. Wide of man drinking water by fountain
29. Wide of truck driving up street, heat shimmer in foreground
30. Cars driving down street
31. Mid of street thermometer displaying temperature of 39 degrees Celsius
32. Wide of people walking along street
STORYLINE
While Britain remains inundated with flood water, much of central and southern Europe is experiencing a heatwave.
Twelve elderly people died in a single day during a heatwave that has hit Romania in the past week, bringing the total of heat-related deaths to 27, the health minister said on Tuesday.
Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said that the deaths on Monday were all people aged over 70 who collapsed in the street and had not taken precautions, such as wearing a hat to protect from the sun. He did not provide further details.
On Monday and early Tuesday there were power outages throughout the capital due to an overload of the system caused by people using air conditioning.
Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said energy consumption had surged by more than 50 percent.
Some 870 people collapsed in the street on Monday due to heat-related causes and almost 19,000 people rang the emergency services, almost a fifth more than on Sunday, Nicolaescu told reporters.
Five counties in southern Romania, including the capital Bucharest, were on high alert on Tuesday.
Authorities urged residents not to venture outside in the middle of the day and state institutions were closed midmorning and due to reopen in the evening.
Employers were providing free water and reducing work schedules.
Local residents and tourists on the street stopped by fountains to fill water bottles and cool down.
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