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The sun rises over Frankfurt, Germany.

Video. June 2026 broke heat records across Europe and oceans

Updated: 09/07/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2

A rapid succession of major heatwaves since May suggests that extreme heat is no longer an isolated event, but an increasingly prolonged feature of European summers.

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