28 jun 2026
Temperature records tumble across Europe as heatwave moves east

More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary ‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are braced for record temperatures of over 40C as a heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths in western Europe spreads east. More than 191 million people in Europe faced temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday, with extreme heat warnings in Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary.
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Europe's deadly heatwave pushed east Sunday with hundreds of millions still sweltering across the continent and heat records broken in numerous countries, including Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Temperature records tumble as heatwave moves east
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