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How Europe is grappling with extreme heat as red alerts issued in Britain, France, Spain and Italy
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- The red warning caters for an exceptional spell of hot and humid weather, which carries the potential for adverse health effects population wide and means substantial changes in daily routines will be required.
- The U.K.'s weather forecaster said the mercury could reach at least 39 degrees Celsius this week, while evening temperatures were unlikely to drop below 20 degrees Celsius through consecutive nights.
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Several countries in Europe have issued red weather alerts as a fresh bout of extreme heat pushes temperatures beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), bringing dangerous conditions across large swaths of the world's fastest warming continent.
The U.K.'s Met Office on Monday put a rare red extreme heat warning in place for Wednesday and Thursday, warning that the country's highest temperature on record for June is "very likely" to be broken over the coming days.
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