Foreign: Germany and Italy endured scorching conditions on Saturday as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in western Europe spread eastwards after temperatures broke records above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany all experienced record-breaking heat in June, and the weather system could test further records as it moves across Germany towards Poland, Reuters reported on June 27, 2026.
Scientists say the heatwave would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, making this week’s nighttime temperatures likely to be 100 times higher than two decades ago.
On Friday, a new German temperature record of 41.3 degrees Celsius was reached near the city of Saarbruecken, close to the French border, and a spokesman for the German National Meteorological Service said the reading was still preliminary.
Translated by Nay Tola
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