Germany gets new heat record 3 times in 1 day
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Germany's National Meteorological Service says a new national high temperature record has been set for the third time in a day.
The meteorological service said the temperature reached 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 F) in the northern German town of Lingen on Thursday afternoon.
Lingen also was where record highs were recorded within minutes of each other earlier in the day.
Across Europe, record temperatures are being set as the continent swelters in what is its second heat wave this summer.