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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alexa St. John

What is the ‘heat dome’ causing Europe’s record-breaking temperatures?

Millions across Europe are enduring an unseasonably early heatwave this week, with scorching temperatures gripping the continent.

Experts attribute these extreme conditions to a meteorological phenomenon known as a 'heat dome'.

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