PARIS, France, June 28, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - At least 191 million people are

forecast to endure temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday in Europe, with the

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 are expected to see

temperatures rise above 35C on Sunday, 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.

In mainland France, where red alerts were expected to be lifted on Sunday

evening, some 11 million people will be affected.

In tabulating these figures, AFP used a method similar to that of

Klimadashboard, cross-referencing the 0300 GMT weather forecast model from

the German meteorological service (DWD), with population density data.

Residents of an area are counted if the model forecasts temperatures

exceeding 30C or 35C at that location at any point.

As the model is accurate within a range of around 6.5 kilometres (4 miles),

it cannot fully reflect urban heat islands, David Jablonski of the NGO

Klimadashboard told AFP.

Consequently, the analysis "probably underestimates the number of people

affected in densely populated urban areas", the organisation states on its

European Heat Tracker website.

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