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Temperature records tumble across Europe as heatwave moves east

The Guardian Environment Sunday 28 June 2026, 11:24 UTC By Jakub Krupa in Warsaw and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris 1 min read
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More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures of at least 35C degrees on Sunday, with extreme heat warnings in Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Poland, Czechia and Slovakia were braced for record temperatures of over 40C on Sunday as a heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths in western Europe spread east. More than 191 million people in Europe faced temperatures of at least 35C on...

More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures of at least 35C degrees on Sunday, with extreme heat warnings in Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary

Poland, Czechia and Slovakia were braced for record temperatures of over 40C on Sunday as a heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths in western Europe spread 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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