Majority of Europe is already preparing for an intense heatwave, with some countries taking extra caution to mitigate effects.
Hélène Mourges, the prosecutor in the town of Carpentras said the cause of death of the children is yet to be confirmed, but the heatwave is thought to be the leading cause.
Over the weekend, France recorded a number of heat related deaths, whilst researchers pushed that human-driven climate change has caused the heatwaves.
49 out of 96 mainland departments in France were on a red alert warning over the weekend. 845 schools closed with another 1,800 schools set to let their students leave earlier than usual, officials announced.
According to RTE, local officials said that three people aged between 80-90 died, with part of the reason caused by the intense heat. Parts of France recorded a high temperature of 40C, which they explained is high for June.
RTE quoted French forecasters as they predicted that this heatwave could be as bad as the one they had back in 2003, where 15,000 lives were claimed.
Belgium and France both cancelled railway services during peak times to reduce the risk of breakdown.
Head of forecasting at the IRM meteorological institute in Belgium, David Dehenauw said that temperatures in Belgium are expected to be the "hottest ever recorded."
This news comes after many European countries recording the highest ever temperatures in May this year. Senior researcher at the University of Reading’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Akshay Deoras told the Journal, that it is clear that climate change is behind the intense temperatures.
“Human-driven climate change has provided the springboard for this event, loading the atmosphere with extra heat and making extreme temperatures far more intense than they would have been in the past,” he said.
