Highest Heat Alert Issued for Southern Counties in Hungary
- 18 Jul 2023 8:43 AM
- Hungary Matters
Temperatures are forecast to reach 38°C in most places while they could reach 39°C in the south-east.
Temperatures are forecast to reach 38°C in most places while they could reach 39°C in the south-east.
Hungary's Chief Medical Officer has extended the current second-degree heat alert until midnight on Friday, June 26. Due to soaring temperatures, the warning will be upgraded to a third-degree (highest level) alert starting Saturday, June 27, and will remain in place until midnight on Wednesday, 1 July.
Hungary's national and Budapest heat records tumbled on Saturday, with temperatures hitting 40C in Budakalasz, near the capital, the national weather service HungaroMet said on Sunday.
The chief health officer has issued a third degree heat alert - the highest level - for the whole of Hungary from today to midnight on Sunday, the Public Health Centre and the disaster management authority announced.
The National Chief Medical Officer raised the current level two heat alert to level three from Thursday and extended it until midnight on Saturday for the entire country.
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