A heat wave scorched southeast Europe on Thursday, intensifying wildfires and sending residents flocking to the coast, public fountains and air-conditioned locations to find some relief.
Temperatures rose above 40 C in parts of Greece and across much of the region. Weather experts in Athens said they expected the heat wave to extend into next week, making it one of the most severe recorded in the country since the mid-1980s.
Wildfires in Greece threatened homes for a third successive day, with a blaze reported Thursday outside the western city of Patras. Authorities in Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other affected countries advised people to avoid exposure to direct sunlight in midday hours. “If we think more globally, we've had some very, very severe weather events recently, 49.6 Celsius , an all-time temperature record in Canada, ” Mike Kendon, senior climate scientist at the UN Meteorological Office said.
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