Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat waves continue to pummel region

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Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat waves continue to pummel region  Last month saw the highest average temperature ever recorded and alarming soil humidity figures across Western Europe, Copernicus said.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/10/western-europe-sets-new-temperature-record-as-heat-waves-continue-to-pummel-region  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00western europe experienced its hottest june july on record as climate change fills a historic summer of heat drought and

00:08wildfires across the region the eu's climate monitor said on monday

00:13it comes as europe the world's fastest warming continent saw the first two months of summer marked by successive heat

00:20waves and bone dry conditions since it started in may the intense heat has caused thousands of anticipated heat related

00:28deaths many wildfires and a protracted drought according to copernicus levels of soil moisture were quote significantly lower than in

00:39july 2022 when the last severe drought gripped western

00:42europe meanwhile a wildfire threatening residential areas in the central albanian city of kruja was brought under control on sunday

00:52following firefighting efforts the wildfire about 38 kilometers north of the capital tirana had been burning since saturday afternoon authorities

01:02said three military helicopters had been assisting ground crews in efforts to bring the blaze under control with firefighting operations

01:11continuing both

01:12on the ground and from the ground and from the ground and from the ground and from the ground and

01:15from the ground and from the ground and from the ground and from the ground and from the ground and

01:18from the ground

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