MOSCOW: Russia’s meteorological service said on Tuesday the country could see its hottest summer on record, driven by climate change, after a record-breaking heatwave in June.
Moscow was hit by a historic heat wave at the end of June, with temperatures reaching a 120-year record.
“We estimate that temperatures will be high in the country both in the second half of July and August,” meteorologist Roman Vilfand of the Rosgidromet agency said at a press conference.