By Reuters
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Temperatures in the Netherlands topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on record on Thursday, Dutch meteorology institute KNMI said.
Temperatures peaked at 40.4 C in the south of the country, breaking the national record of 39.3 degrees set a day earlier.
Until Wednesday, the Dutch national heat record had stood at 38.6 degrees since the summer of 1944.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Alison Williams)
