Weather tracker: temperatures to intensify in Europe as new heatwave hits

Spain, Italy, Greece and parts of Balkans to be worst affected, with some areas braced for possible 48C

In contrast to the rather cool, unsettled and unseasonably windy weather in the UK, large parts of southern Europe are in the grip of intense and dangerous heatwave conditions.

Temperatures reached the mid to high 30s celsius last week, in what was named by the Italian Meteorological Society as the Cerberus heatwave. A temperature of 44.8C (112.6F) was observed in Almeria, Spain, on Wednesday. By Saturday, temperatures were peaking at 41C in Greece, 44C in Turkey and 39C in southern Germany.