A spell of heat weather is going through Europe with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius. Temperatures are rising in Spain and Portugal. Forecasters say the heat in some parts could keep rising, breaking national records. See how locals escape the burning sun.
Heatwave fever spreads across Europe
A spell of heat weather is going through Europe with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius
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A boy plays inside a giant plastic ball, called a zorb, during a summer's day on the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. A current heat wave brings temperatures of about 36 degrees Celsius across Czech Republic and many other parts of Europe
© EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK Children play in a fountain in Nice, France
© EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER A woman takes a shower after swimming at the beach of Villeneuve-Loubet, France
© EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER Heat wave in Castelo Branco, Portugal
© EPA-EFE/ANTONIO JOSE A woman practises yoga during a summer's day on the bank of Vltava River in Prague
© EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK Locals refreshing themselves on Lis river in Leiria, Portugal
© EPA-EFE/PAULO CUNHA The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere expect the maximum temperatures to be "well above the normal values for the time", close to 40ºC
© EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES Locals and tourists refresh themselves in a fountain in downtown Lisbon, Portugal
© EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES Two little girls ride their scooters through the shimmering heat on the tarmac of a former military airport in Frankfurt, Germany
© AP Photo/Michael Probst A horse rolls on a dry meadow after a long heat wave in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany
© AP Photo/Michael Probst Local firefighters spread water on elephants of Cirkus Arene to cool them off in Gilleleje, Denmark
© EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN