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7/25/07

Deadly heat wave grips Europe

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"Deadly heat wave grips Europe

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- Up to 500 people are estimated to have died across Hungary last week, partly due to a heat wave gripping central and southeast Europe, Hungarian medical officials said on Tuesday.

Record-breaking high temperatures also killed 12 Romanians, one man in Macedonia and another man on the island of Corfu, officials said, while firefighters, soldiers and volunteers battled wildfires across a tinderbox southeastern Europe.

In southern Italy, thousands of tourists were trapped on beaches in the Puglia region as a fast-moving brush fire forced people from campsites and hotels to run for their lives. At least two people have died, local authorities said."

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