Athens, July 19 (RHC)-- Europe is still sweltering, as Rome reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, or nearly 42 degrees Celsius. Other Italian cities also shattered all-time temperature records.
Some hospitals reported their highest number of daily admissions since the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Greece, the European Union is sending water bombers and hundreds of firefighters and soldiers to battle wildfires that erupted around Athens. More wildfires are burning in Spain, Turkey and Switzerland.