In Europe, the south of Spain and Portugal are currently the worst affected by the heat, with temperatures rising above 45 degrees Celsius in many places. Meteorologists predict that the European temperature record from 1977, when 48 degrees were measured in Greece, could fall.
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Unusually high temperatures are also facing northern Europe and Russia.
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The Norwegian Meteorological Institute announced on Twitter that on Tuesday, 34.3 degrees were measured in the village of Porsanger in the northernmost Norwegian province of Troms and Finnmark. Therefore, forest fires are threatened in many places. The heat wave is registered in nine of the eleven Norwegian provinces.
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Finland and Sweden are also reporting unusual heat. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, 33.5 degrees Celsius was measured in the province of Lapland, which was the highest measured temperature in this area in more than 100 years.
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Heat is also expected in the coming days in the Czech Republic, but only in its eastern part.
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“In the Czech Republic, the weather affects the frontal interface, which the Czechia divides very significantly in terms of temperature,” meteorologist Dagmar Honsová told the News. For example, in Ústí nad Labem it was 14 degrees on Wednesday morning, while in Holešov it was 24 degrees. And it will be similar in the coming days.
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The forecast of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) indicates the highest Wednesday temperatures in Bohemia in the range of 20 to 26 degrees, in Moravia and Silesia it will be 27 to 33, on Thursday it can be from 21 degrees in the west to 37 degrees in the southeast.
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The heat wave will also be accompanied by very strong storms, the German Meteorological Service (DWD) even warns against tornado supercells. In the coming days, they will threaten mainly the north of Germany, the area around Hamburg and then the federal state of Bavaria in the south.
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“Very strong storms will hit the Czechia on Thursday evening, on Friday night and it should also storm during Friday. It is expected to rain up to 50 mm per square meter, gusts of wind could reach speeds of up to 90 km / h in gusts, and hail will fall in some places, “said Dagmar Honsová.
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CHMI is currently warning against high temperatures in the east of the republic. The alert is valid for Wednesday afternoons and evenings. So far, the institute has issued a preliminary warning about storms, and it is expected that it will issue a warning with more precise data later.
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