The heat wave from Africa is once again coming to southern Europe
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The wave of hot air that came from Africa last week raised the temperature in southern Europe to almost 40 degrees, this week the African air will continue to "warm up" Europe, the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation reports.
"The huge wave of hot African air rose up to great heights and rose to the north and north-east, covering the southern countries of Europe and providing a hotter weather than the norm." Salvation could be found on the seaside coasts, where the temperature background, thanks to the proximity water, was still more sparing, "- said in a message to the meteorological service.
In the south of France, the temperature rose to 30-35 degrees, in Spain and Italy - to 32-37 degrees, in the Balkan Peninsula the air warmed to 32-37 degrees. Hot weather and wind contributed to the spread of fires in the area of the Greek capital.
"The coming week in the south of Europe will also be hot, and a new wave of warmth from Africa is spreading into the region," the report says.
The heat has reached the southern regions of Russia and Ukraine. So, on June 14 in Donetsk the maximum temperature was 34.5 degrees, which is almost 10 degrees above the norm, and only 0.4 degrees below the record set in 2010. In Volgograd on June 15, the record of the maximum temperature of June was updated - after noon on Friday the air warmed to 40.1 degrees, while the previous record of the month, established on June 30, 1991, was 39.2 degrees.