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heat particularly intense in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, according to AFP estimates.

A total of 381 million people in Europe, excluding Turkey, will see temperatures surpass 30C, according to analysis based on forecasts from the German Meteorological Service and 2025 population projections from the Joint Research Centre collated by Austrian NGO Klimadashboard.

Almost all of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were expected to see temperatures rise above 35C yesterday, as are 42 million people across much of Germany, particularly in the Berlin area.

Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Austria and western Ukraine will also be affected.