Clare Nullis News Today

Hello and welcome. Temperature records have been broken across europe. The highest temperature recorded today was in paris, 42. 6 degrees celsius, breaking a seventy year old record in the french capital. The netherlands recorded its highest ever temperature, at 40. 7 degrees. And in the belgian village of Kleine Brogel temperatures hit 40. 6 degrees. Lets look at some of those countries in more detail. In belgium theyve been taking extreme measures to cope with the heat. This is a nursing home ...

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As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have “reached new heights” in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday.

As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have “reached new heights” in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday.

The World Meteorological Organization reports scorching heat waves that are causing deaths and discomfort for millions of people around the world will likely peak in certain regions by the end of the week. "It is the end of the meteorological summer at the end of August … the projections that we have got at the…

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