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Amid an unprecedented heatwave, Greece records its highest-ever temperature of 46.3°C (115.3 °F) in Makrakomi, Phthiotis, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
2021-08-3

A fire breaks out at a hospital in the East Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, killing at least 20 people.
2016-10-17

Temperatures soar to a record 51 C in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The heatwave has claimed 300 lives since April 2016.
2016-05-20

A heatwave in India has claimed 300 lives in April with daytime cooking banned in some parts of the country to prevent fires which have claimed an additional 80 lives.
2016-04-30

More than 100 are feared dead in an early summer heatwave in India which has forced the closure of schools.
2016-04-21

A heatwave in Japan has caused at least 15 deaths with more than 8000 hospitalised in the past week.
2014-07-29

Australia warns of bushfires due to a 40C (104F) heatwave affecting the country.
2014-01-15

At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Shanghai which has recorded its highest temperatures on record, surpassing 40 C.
2013-07-31