Europe may hit record-high temps in heat wave that's killed 3

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Publish Date: 18:28 - 05 August 2018
TEHRAN, August 5 - A heat wave that killed three people in Spain threatens record-high temperatures in Europe this weekend.

Europe may hit record-high temps in heat wave that's killed 3TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -A heat wave that killed three people in Spain threatens record-high temperatures in Europe this weekend.

Forecasters have said the highest temperature recorded in continental Europe, 118 degrees, which was set in Athens in July 1977, could be broken this weekend.

Spain's hottest temperature in the heat wave so far was 112 degrees on Friday in Badajoz, Etremadura, CNN forecasters said.

Spain's weather agency, Aemet, issued red-alert warnings for extreme heat Saturday in Extremadura and Andalucia regions while several other areas were under orange or yellow alerts for heat.

Source: UPI

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