‘Lucifer’ heat wave to hold Poland in fiery grip?

A heat wave dubbed Lucifer swept across Italy earlier this week sending temperatures soaring to previously unseen levels.

People try to protect themselves from the heat during a hot day in Rome, Italy, August 13, 2021. A heat wave has brought scorching temperatures to many regions in southern Europe.

Photo: EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI

On Wednesday, a high of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) was reported in Sicily in what is believed to be a new European record.

Now the heat wave is moving into Poland.

“The mercury is set to rise above 30 degrees Celsius,” said Grzegorz Walijewski, a spokesman for the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMiGW), the country's weather agency.

“Sunday promises to be the hottest, with 33 degrees Celsius tops, in the country's western and southwestern regions,” he added.

Uwaga, gorąco

🌡️Dla woj. śląskiego, małopolskiego i podkarpackiego zostały właśnie wydane ostrzeżenia przed upałem.
🌛Dodatkowo, na Podkarpaciu ciepło (15-18°C) będzie również w nocy.

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— IMGW-PIB METEO POLSKA (@IMGWmeteo) August 13, 2021

Michał Owczarek reports...

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