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Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes.

Temperatures reached 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit in eastern England this week, shattering previous records as countries throughout Europe face dangerously hot weather.

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as a wildfire threatened mountainside suburbs northeast of Athens

LONDON -- Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes.

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the UK's national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes.

DRAFI, Greece (AP) -- Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes late Tuesday as a wildfire threatened mountainside suburbs northeast of Athens.

Britain has shattered its record for the highest temperature ever recorded, with a provisional reading of 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in eastern England.

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Firefighters battle forest blaze near Athens suburbs By AFP - Jul 27,2021 - Last updated at Jul 27,2021 A fireman sprays water next to damaged cars in a yard in Dionysos, north east of Athens, on Tuesday, after a fire scorched forests at the base of Mount Penteli (AFP photo) ATHENS — A fire scorched forests at the base of Mount Penteli north of Athens on Tuesday, threatening suburbs but without causing casualties, firefighters and local authorities said. Four people were arrested and an inve...