A Slovak town just broke its own heat record

Temperatures in Central Europe soared to  extreme levels again  on Wednesday with Slovakia and Austria both having their  hottest day on record .

For Slovakia, it was also the third time this summer that temperatures reached a record high. The country’s south recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the latest heat wave, with a new record of 41.4 C (106.5 F) in the town of Kamenica nad Hronom in southern Slovakia, the Slovak Meteorological Institute said.