The Adriatic Sea hovered at temperatures around a record-high 29.5°C in several coastal resorts of Croatia.
It comes 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.
North Macedonia and Albania both deployed firefighters, airplanes, and helicopters this week to fight forest fires in their countries. On Sunday, North Macedonia declared a state of emergency due to forest fires.
In a regional climate report on Wednesday, the World Bank warned that the economies of the Western Balkans needed to invest at least $37 billion in total over the next decade to protect people and property from the impact of climate change.
The Western Balkans comprise Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
In other parts of Europe, Italy is also expected to face blistering heat, with temperatures reaching 45°C. Searing temperatures have also impacted countries like Greece, France, Spain, Poland, and Ukraine.
The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the worst still to come.
Palermo, Sicily was expected to join the list of red-bulletin cities on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
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