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Slovakia and Austria shatter heat records amid Europe's sweltering summer · 1 source tracked

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Central Europe experienced record-breaking heat for the third time this summer, with Slovakia and Austria both registering their highest temperatures ever. Slovakia recorded a new high of 41.4 degrees Celsius in Kamenica nad Hronom, surpassing previous records set just days earlier. Austria also set a new all-time high of 41.2 degrees Celsius in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. These extreme temperatures are part of a broader pattern of exceptionally hot summers across Europe, which is warming at twice the global average. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press ·

    A Slovak town just broke its own heat record — for the third time this year

    Kamenica nad Hronom hit 41.4°C as Austria set an all-time high too — part of a summer in which Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average.

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