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The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a meteorologist warned such heatwaves could become more regular.
"At the moment, we are amid an extreme weather event, a heatwave characterized by its length and intensity," Vladimir Djurdjevic, a Belgrade-based meteorologist, told Reuters, adding climate change could make such super-hot summers more frequent events.
Temperatures sizzled across the Balkans this week, with most of the countries in the region, which includes Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, expecting temperatures of around 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit).
In Serbia, the Rusanda salt lake in the northern province of Vojvodina, which contains medicinal mud, dried up for the first time ever, locals said.
"It was all marsh and now the marsh is gone. This is the lowest (lake) level ... and it is also affected by this drought," said resident Sava Jovkic, 72.
On Wednesday, Serbia's public health institute declared dangerous conditions in 10 municipalities. A day earlier, the capital Belgrade recorded its hottest-ever July 16, with a temperature of 38.4°C (101.1°F).
The Adriatic Sea hovered at temperatures around a record-high 29.5°C in several coastal resorts of Croatia.