Eight places in Portugal have broken local temperature records as a wave of heat from North Africa swept across the Iberian peninsula — and officials predicted the scorching temperatures could get even worse over the weekend.
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| The temperature in Lisbon has reached 39 degrees Celsius and is expected to keep rising. |
Temperatures built to around 45 degrees Celsius on Friday (local time) in many inland areas of Portugal, and were expected to peak at 47C in some places on Saturday. Large sections of Portugal are on red alert on the Civil Protection Agency's danger scale
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The highest temperature recorded on Thursday, when the heat began to rise, was 45.2C near Abrantes, a town 150 kilometres north-east of the capital, Lisbon, the country's weather agency IPMA said.
Read the ABC News story - “Hot, dusty and on fire: European heatwave breaks records as Portugal nears 47 degrees.”
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