AMSTERDAM, July 25: Temperatures in the Netherlands topped 40 degrees Celsius for the first time on record on Thursday, Dutch meteorology institute KNMI said.
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Temperatures peaked at 40.4 C in the south of the country, breaking the national record of 39.3 degrees set a day earlier.
Until Wednesday, the Dutch national heat record had stood at 38.6 degrees since the summer of 1944.