Temperatures soar in Europe, 13 killed
Saturday, July 21, 2007
(Vienna)

A heat-wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe has killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures causing forest fires and damaging crops.

In Romania, where temperatures reached about 40 degrees Celsius on Friday, at least nine people have died since Monday due to the heat wave.

In Austria, where highs in most parts of the Alpine country have hovered near or above 35 degrees C for days, the Health Ministry said the deaths of three people in the country's southeast on Thursday were likely heat-related. the rest

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