Is Europe's 48C heatwave heading to Scotland? Met Office predict path of 'Lucifer'
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dailyrecord.co.ukheatwave as air from the Sahara creates a "heat dome" over the Mediterranean. The catastrophic heatwave raging in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal is causing devastating wildfires and potentially the hottest temperatures ever seen on the continent.
It comes as a town on the Italian island of Sicily may have recorded the highest temperature ever reached in Europe as the mercury soared to 48.8C last week.
If the readings are approved, it will beat the record of 48C recorded in Athens, Greece, in 1977, as set out by the World Meteorological Organisation.But could this heatwave, nicknamed 'Lucifer', make its way to the UK?The extreme heatwave which may have registered Europe’s hottest ever temperature is being caused by an anticyclone.
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