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Italy registered Europe's hottest temperature on record: 48.8°C
By EUobserver
The Italian island of Sicily may have registered the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe - 48.8°C (119.8°F), the BBC writes. Regional authorities reported the reading, which needs to be verified by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), near Syracuse on Wednesday. According to the WMO, the current official record in Europe is 48°C, registered in Athens, Greece, in 1977.