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By Inês Trindade Pereira & video by Léo Arnoux
Published on
02/06/2026 - 9:00 GMT+2
Europe experienced an "unprecedented and historic" heatwave in the last week of May, with temperatures across parts of the continent reaching around 10°C to 15°C above the average for this time of the year.
The central Portuguese town of Mora, for example, saw a new record high temperature of 40.3°C for the month on 27 May.
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