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Bulgaria sounds warning alerts as heatwave lingers in the country

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Bulgaria’s meteorological service issued a warning on Saturday of dangerously hot conditions across most of the country due to temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celsius.

Doctors issued warnings, addressed especially to the elderly and chronically ill, to avoid leaving home during the hours when temperatures peak. Authorities in the capital city of Sofia are organizing the distribution of bottled water in several public places in the city center.

The uncharacteristically hot weather for June has continued for about a week. Meteorologists predict a cooling down only by the middle of next week.

The southwest and west of Bulgaria are usually the hottest part of the country. However, those areas are also mountainous, and temperatures there reach approximately 28 degrees Celcius 1,200 meters above sea level.

The exception to the warning is a thin strip of coastline on the Black Sea, where temperatures are not expected to exceed 30 degrees.
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