Extreme weather ravages Europe with record heat and severe storms

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Europe is being battered by extreme weather with record-high temperatures and severe storms. Serbia and Romania face heatwaves reaching 40ºC, while Germany is experiencing severe thunderstorms.

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00:00Europe is being battered by extreme weather, with record high temperatures and severe storms.

00:08Serbia is currently experiencing its first heatwave of the season,

00:12with temperatures expected to soar across the country.

00:17Forecasts predict that the mercury could reach as high as 40 degrees this week,

00:23due to an advancing anticyclone from Africa.

00:26In Romania, residents of Bucharest are grappling with another heatwave since Wednesday,

00:35when temperatures hit around 40 degrees in the southern part of the country.

00:43The European Union's climate-watching agency Copernicus said last month that it was the

00:49hottest May on record globally, marking the 12th consecutive month of record highs.

00:57In Germany, thunderstorms and severe weather struck parts of Saxony this week.

01:06In the district of Meissen, strong wind gusts raised alarms,

01:10with reports of a possible tornado in the town of Grodzic.

01:15The weather has affected the football Euro 2024.

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