Europe’s ‘hellish’ heatwave claims more lives as tourists are told to stay indoors

Temperatures of up to 44°C, ‘danger to life’ alerts, drought and wildfires – it’s a ‘hellish’ summer in central and southern Europe.

Two firefighters have been killed while putting out a fire in the Basilicata region in southern Italy, while and multiple heat-related deaths have been reported across the Balkans.

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