13 August, 2015

Central and eastern Europe in grip of record-breaking heat wave


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entral and eastern Europe are in the grips of a record-breaking heat wave, that may persist for at least another week to ten days.

A number of locations in Germany set all-time highs last Friday and more records are likely to fall over the coming days, particularly in eastern Europe.

The heat wave commenced late last week. On Friday, Weather Underground meteorologist Bob Henson reported Berlin was among more than 100 towns and cities in Germany that tied or broke all-time record highs. Berlin hit 102 degrees (38.9 Celsius) breaking its previous hottest temperature of 101.5 degrees (38.6 Celsius).

Read The Washington Post story - “Central and eastern Europe simmering in historic heat wave”.

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