Southern Europe braces for second heat storm in a week
by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels and Angela Giuffrida in from on (#6D0NS)
New system pushing into region from north Africa could lead to temperatures above record 48.8C
Southern Europe is bracing for a second heat storm in a week, with Spain, Italy and Greece, along with Morocco and other Mediterranean countries being told temperature records could be broken on Tuesday.
A new anticyclone that pushed into the region from north Africa on Sunday could lift temperatures above the record 48.8C (120F) seen in Sicily in August 2021, and follows last week's Cerberus heatwave.
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