Henry Bodkin: Europe braced for hottest day in history as farmers granted emergency access to river water: "Europe is bracing for the hottest day ever recorded...
...The Met Office yesterday predicted that all-time records of 47.3C for Spain and 47.4C for Portugal are likely to be broken over the next few days, prompting the Foreign Office to issue an official warning to tourists about the risks of forest fires. It comes as experts confirmed that the British summer of 2018 is officially hotter than that of 1976, with last month the third warmest July on record. Temperatures in southern England are expected to return to near record levels above 30C from Friday as hot air originating over the Sahara blows north, forecasters said...
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