Vienna (AFP) – Austria has broken its absolute heat record with 40.8°C measured at the Vienna-Stammersdorf station, the GeoSphere Austria meteorological service announced on Tuesday.

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This figure surpasses the previous national record of 40.5 °C recorded on August 8, 2013 at the Bad Deutsch-Altenburg station in the east of the country.

Extreme heat, which scientists attribute to climate change caused by human activity, has dried out vegetation and soils on the European continent, increasing the risk of fires.

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