Climate crisis blamed as temperature records broken in three nations
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4KTJ8)
New maximums set in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, as citizens swelter across Europe
Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have recorded their highest ever temperatures as the second extreme heatwave in as many months to be linked by scientists to the climate emergency grips the continent.
The Dutch meteorological service, KNMI, said the temperature reached 39.2C (102.5F) at the Gilze-Rijen airbase near Breda on Wednesday afternoon, exceeding the previous high of 38.6C set in August 1944.
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