Many are burning near tourist destinations, for example in the southern Spanish province of Málaga, in the north of Greek Crete or on the southwestern coast of France.
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At the weekend, Portugal and Spain reported that about a thousand people, mostly elderly people, had died in the previous week apparently in connection with the hot weather in both countries.
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While the extreme heat is slowly easing in southern Europe, the highest heat warning for Monday and Tuesday has been issued for the first time in history by Britain, where they expect to beat the previous record of 2019 (38.7 degrees Celsius).
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Meteorologists in Germany and Austria have also issued warnings of very high temperatures. In Germany, temperatures could rise to 40 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, while in Austria they expect a maximum temperature of 37 degrees on Wednesday.
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Temperatures in Portugal approached records during the week, where they recorded 47 degrees in the municipality of Pinhao in the north of the country on Thursday; the current Portuguese record is from August 2003, when they measured 47.3 degrees in the village of Amareleja in the southeast of the country.
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Even in Spain, especially in Andalusia and Extremadura, temperatures exceeded 45 degrees during the week, but even there the absolute Spanish record was not beaten, which is from last August, when they measured 47.4 degrees in Montor, Andalusia.
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The heat wave in Spain should end on Monday, although temperatures will remain high, the meteorological institute AEMET said. Even on Sunday, temperatures in the country exceeded 40 degrees, making it difficult for the firefighters, who are still fighting about three dozen fires, many in mountainous, difficult-to-access terrain.
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360 dead in Spain
Charles III Institute under the Ministry of Health, said at the weekend that since the start of the heat wave in Spain on July 10 until Friday, 360 people had died whose cause of death could be related to the extreme heat.
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In Portugal on Saturday, the Ministry of Health announced that 660 people, mostly elderly people, had died in seven days apparently due to the heat.
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For several days, forest fires have also threatened campsites on the southern French Atlantic coast in the La Teste-de-Buch region southwest of Bordeaux and around the town of Landiras, about 70 kilometers away. In these two areas, 14,000 people had to leave their homes or tourist accommodation as a precaution, and the flames burned 10,500 hectares of vegetation there. According to local authorities, the situation is still unfavorable due to wind and heat.
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In Greece, since Friday, firefighters have been trying to put out fires, among others, near the city of Rethymno in the north of Crete, and on Sunday, according to the AMNA agency, they managed to get them under control. But they remain in place because the wind threatens to rekindle the fire.
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