{"id":336042,"date":"2025-08-11T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336042\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:25:13","slug":"germany-braces-for-heatwave-with-temperatures-near-40-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336042\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany braces for heatwave with temperatures near 40 degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The German Weather Service (DWD) said on Monday that the heat will build steadily before thunderstorms arrive later in the week, offering some relief.<\/p>\n<p>Monday was already bringing plenty of sunshine, particularly in the southern half of the country, where skies were cloudless for much of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Highs are expected to reach 32 degrees in areas.<\/p>\n<p>The heat is set to intensify on Tuesday, with highs ranging from 30 to 36 degrees in the south.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight lows could remain above 15 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the heat will spread to encompass the north-east, with temperatures of 31 to 38 degrees expected.<\/p>\n<p>The DWD warns of strong heat stress in parts of the south-west.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the country will stay sunny, though isolated showers could develop over the southern highlands.<\/p>\n<p>The hot spell is expected to last through Friday, when the likelihood of widespread thunderstorms will increase.<\/p>\n<p>(dpa\/NAN)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Artboard-14.png\" alt=\"Banner\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The German Weather Service (DWD) said on Monday that the heat will build steadily before thunderstorms arrive later&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,120249,1824,1327,12,27205,28908,21836],"class_list":{"0":"post-336042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-german-weather-service-dwd","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-monday","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nigerian-news","15":"tag-south-west","16":"tag-thunderstorms"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115010832164312725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}