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Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soar

Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soarWorldPing

Drought and wildfires intensify across continent, while tropical storms bring heavy rain and disruption to east Asia Europe live – latest updates High pressure has dominated central and eastern Europe in early August, breaking temperature records acr…

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