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Moscow hit by heat not seen in over a century
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Moscow: Moscow and the surrounding region sweltered Wednesday as temperatures soared to levels unseen in over a century, with the state weather monito...
Moscow: Moscow and the surrounding region sweltered Wednesday as temperatures soared to levels unseen in over a century, with the state weather monitor warning of dangerously hot nights.
Temperatures in the Russian capital hit 32.5 Celsius (90.5 Fahrenheit) Wednesday, beating a record established in 1917, the director of Rosgidromet weather service, Roman Vilfand, said.
Vilfand told RIA Novosti news agency that in the next few nights, the temperature will not fall below 24.5 degrees, saying these "Egyptian nights" were dangerous because they did not allow people to recover from high daytime temperatures.
He said he expected the temperature to go down by 10 degrees in the following days, with storms and strong winds, before the heat returns next week. Muscovites tried to cool down in public fountains and parks.
"It's very hard," 70-year-old Monira Galimova, who looked tired, told AFP as she sat at a bus stop.