Shafaqna English- Central Europe sees record temperatures, and Italy places all of its 27 major cities on the highest heat alert as energy and transport systems across the continent face disruption.
Temperatures in Slovakia reached 42.2 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit) in the southern village of Dolne Plachtince on Thursday, according to the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU). The country’s only nuclear power plant is operating at 80 percent of its capacity as water levels in the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river, fall to record lows.
Sources: Al Jazeera