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Tens of millions have been braving a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with soaring temperatures forcing people across Berlin to find creative ways to stay cool.On Sunday, Berlin police used water cannons to cool down fans queuing for a Bruno Mars concert at Berlin's Olympiastadion. In the city centre, water fountains are popular with those looking for ways to cool down.A Berlin resident, Diana said, "Sometimes good, sometimes bad, because I’m sensitive to heat and have trouble with my circulation. And I just can’t drink enough, and if I don’t drink enough, I just keel over. That’s obviously normal, but I just can’t drink that much."She fears that it might get warmer as it's only June. "Well, I can even imagine that it might get even warmer. Like, this isn’t the end of it. Because it’s only June right now. So I can imagine it getting even warmer," she said.  The increasing temperature worries Diana, as even after drinking three litres of water, she still passed out. "It worries me a bit, I’d say. Because I’ve already drunk three litres of water and still passed out. And when I, I also ride my bike, and if, for example, it’s a notch hotter than today and I keel over, that’s not so great."A 20-year-old tourist, Oxana, is visiting Berlin for the first time, and she liked the weather as it was a big surprise for her.  "For some of us, it was the first time visiting Berlin, and it was unexpected for us that the weather in Berlin could be so hot. And we are really, really lucky, we really like to stay in this area in such weather because it's a really big surprise," Oxana said. A Bruno Mars fan from Estonia, Damien, called it "hard" and a crazy experience, saying, "I was not ready for that.""For me, it's very hard today because I need to buy lots of water. I've already drunk three litres of water today, and I went to the fountain to get water on my face and head so I won't get warmed up. It's very hard for me, yeah.On being asked whether he expected this kind of weather when he booked his flight to Berlin, he answered, "When I was looking at the weather forecast 2 months ago, there wasn't such warm weather, and I was like, maybe 30 degrees is going to be okay, but not 40 degrees like today." (AFP)Also Read:Europe Records Over 1,300 Excess Deaths Due To Heatwave Since June 21; WHO Calls For Heat Health Action Plan Implementation 

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00:05Europe's intense heat wave is making life difficult for millions, with soaring temperatures
00:10forcing people across Berlin to find creative ways to stay cool.
00:15Outside Berlin's Olympia Stadion, police on Sunday used water cannons to cool fans,
00:20waiting in long queues for a Bruno Mars concert.
00:26While fountains in the city centre are popular with those looking for ways to cool down.
00:33For Diana, a local, the rising temperature is more than just uncomfortable.
00:38She says the heat affects her circulation and worries that conditions could get even worse
00:43as summer has only just begun.
00:46Mal gut, mal schlecht, weil ich halt ein hitzeempfindlicher Mensch bin und ich mit dem Dreislauf zu kämpfen
00:52habe.
00:53Und ich halt nicht so viel trinken kann.
00:56Und wenn ich halt nicht so trinke, kippe ich halt um.
00:59Das ist natürlich das Normale, aber ich kann halt auch nicht so viel trinken.
01:02Naja, ich könnte mir sogar vorstellen, dass es vielleicht noch wärmer wird.
01:05Also dass es nicht das Ende ist, weil wir haben jetzt gerade Juni.
01:08Also ich könnte mir sogar vorstellen, dass es noch wärmer wird.
01:10Ein bisschen, sage ich mal so.
01:12Weil ich halt schon mal drei Liter getrunken habe, nur Wasser und ich halt trotzdem umgekippt
01:17bin.
01:18Und wenn ich, ich fahre ja auch Fahrrad und wenn ich dann zum Beispiel zu Heim noch heißer
01:21wird wie heute und ich umkippe, ist nicht so gut.
01:26Das war eine große Herausforderung.
01:34Das war die erste Mal für mich.
01:39Das war das erste Mal für mich.
01:41Und es war uns für uns das Wetter, dass wir in Berlin so, so heißen können.
01:47Und wir sind sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.
01:50Und wir sind wirklich, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.
01:54In such weather, because it's a really big surprise.
01:57For me, it's very hard today, because I need to buy lots of water.
02:02I've already drank three liters of water today.
02:05And I went to the fountain to get water from my face and my head, so I'll not get warmed
02:14up.
02:15It's very hard for me, yeah.
02:18Meanwhile, Damien from Estonia described the conditions as exhausting, saying he had
02:23already drunk three liters of water and relied on public fountains to cool off.
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