The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a meteorologist warned such heatwaves could become more regular. - REUTERS
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00:00The Rasanda salt lake in northern Serbia has dried up for the first time as the
00:06Balkans and much of Europe continue to swelter in a prolonged heat wave this
00:11week. Most of the countries in the Balkans are expecting high temperatures
00:15of around 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Vladimir Djerdjevic is a Belgrade based
00:20meteorologist. He says climate change could make such super hot summers more
00:25frequent. The water supply is under pressure because the heat wave is
00:29accompanied by a drought and people use more water at such high temperatures. As
00:33a result we can already see that in many cities in Serbia people are having
00:36problems with their water supply. The Serbian salt lake is known for the
00:41healing properties of its mud. A 72 year old resident told Reuters the area was
00:46once a marshland but now there is no marsh. On Wednesday Serbia's Public
00:52Health Institute declared dangerous conditions in ten municipalities. Elsewhere
00:57in the Balkans, North Macedonia and Albania were battling with forest fires
01:01and Croatia saw the highest ever temperatures in the Adriatic Sea. Searing
01:07temperatures have also impacted countries like Greece, France, Spain, Poland
01:12and Ukraine.