With school holidays on the horizon, hundreds of thousands of Brits are expected to flock to popular tourism destinations such as Spain and Greece.
But instead of balmy temperatures, they will be met with a blistering heatwave gripping Europe.
Known as Cerberus in Italy, and Kleon in Greece, the high pressure zone has led to deadly land surface temperatures of over 60C in the Spanish region of Extremadura.
Land surface temperature is a measurement of how hot the land is to the touch, which is different from air temperature usually given in weather reports.
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