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Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
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The Local Austria
Austria has recorded a new all-time temperature high, while health authorities investigate a cluster of Legionella infections in the Linz area, plus more stories from Austria on Wednesday.
Austria records all-time temperature high of 41CAustria set a new national temperature record on Tuesday, according to AFP, with 41C measured in Stammersdorf in north-eastern Vienna.
Austria experienced its fourth-warmest July on record, while the rainfall deficit reached 90 percent at some measuring stations.
A Vegetationsbrand in the Lobau, near the border between Vienna and Lower Austria, affected an estimated 18 hectares of woodland and grassland.
Another day of extreme heat is expected, with highs of 30C to 38C across much of Austria and temperatures around 40C possible in Vienna, Lower Austria and northern Burgenland.