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Extreme heat across the Mediterranean is expected to build into the weekend, testing records in fire-ravaged Greece after easing slightly on Thursday.

Temperatures around the world are soaring. Both California’s Death Valley and China’s Xinjiang region have seen temperatures climb above the 50℃ mark. A blistering heatwave is also sweeping across the Mediterranean, causing temperatures in parts of Italy, Spain, France and Greece to exceed 40℃.

A deadly heatwave is sweeping Europe, with ground temperatures in Spain hitting more than 60C

Temperatures of up 40 degrees Celsius are expected again in parts of the south of France and the Mediterranean island of Corsica Thursday, as the whole of southern Europe struggles with extreme heatwaves.

New evacuations have been ordered as wildfires raged near the Greek Capital after a second heat wave hit the Mediterranean country from the west following days of record-high temperatures baked southern Europe

A deadly heatwave is sweeping Europe, with ground temperatures in Spain hitting more than 60C