Poland braces for heatwave

The mercury is expected to hit 34 degrees Celsius in some parts of Poland this week, weather forecasters have warned.

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European countries have seen extremely high temperatures during June and July, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency has reported.

In the Netherlands, Wednesday, July 24, has been reported as “the hottest day ever,” with the mercury hitting 39.1 degrees Celsius in the country’s southern city of Gilze-Rijen, according to news website Dutchreview.

Inmiddels 39,1 graden in Gilze-Rijen!
Bekijk de maximumtemperaturen van vandaag hier:https://t.co/onBoRkph9p pic.twitter.com/JkuAQfmUTq

— Buienradar (@BuienRadarNL) 24 lipca 2019

That same day Germany recorded a new highest-ever temperature, with 40.5 degrees Celsius in its western city of Geilenkirchen, near the country’s borders with Belgium and the Netherlands.

(Voraussichtlich) neuer Temperaturrekord in Deutschland!

Mit 40,5°C wurde heute in Geilenkirchen der bisherige deutschlandweite Rekord von 40,3°C (Kitzingen, 5.7.2015) übertroffen!

Morgen wird es regional noch etwas heißer. Vielleicht hat dieser Rekord nur einen Tag Bestand. /V pic.twitter.com/oN1zJ8uVgk

— DWD (@DWD_presse) 24 lipca 2019

France set a new record temperature in late June, with an exhausting 46 degrees in Vérargues in the country's south, the BBC reported on Thursday.

🌡️C'est officiel : on a atteint les 46 °C en France lors de la vague de chaleur de la fin juin ! Après contrôle et expertise par les climatologues de Météo-France, cette valeur a été validée. 👉 https://t.co/nZ0uXY7CCk pic.twitter.com/Pdao8XkOFK

— Météo-France (@meteofrance) 19 lipca 2019

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Source: WP/IAR/Dutchreview/BBC