(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) A weekend heatwave in Germany broke the national record for the highest recorded temperature, dpa reported.
The thermometer in Kitzingen in the southern state of Bavaria read
40.3 degrees Sunday, breaking the 2003 record by 0.1 degrees, the
German Weather Service said. It was the highest temperature Germany
has experienced since the start of record-keeping in 1881.
Efforts by Germans to keep cool proved deadly with 12 drownings
reported in lakes, ponds, rivers and pools.
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