Heatwave breaking temperature records around the country

Sunday’s heatwave broke temperature records for July 9 at most of the monitoring stations around the country. The highest temperature for that day was registered in Doksany in the Litoměrice region, where it reached 36.4 degrees Celsius. Temperatures of over 30 degrees are expected to last for the entire week.

People have been warned to stay out of the sun, use sunscreen and increase their intake of liquids.

In view of the dry and extremely hot weather there is a ban on lighting fires outdoors and mounted police are patrolling the Bohemian Switzerland National Park which was ravaged by a devastating fire last year.