WATCH: UK railway line left hanging in air by heavy rains, floods
Parts of Europe continued to battle severe weather conditions on Thursday facing storms, floods and snow.
Britain and France have faced severe flooding. On Wednesday, the British government announced that the military would be called into assist with the recent floods in Somerset, in southeast England, which faced more rain Thursday night.
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In Slovenia, thousands of people were without electricity, and flooding has affected many villages as the heavy snow began to melt. In Austria, trees snapped under the weight of heavy snow, bringing down electrical wires and blocking off roads.
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Torrential rain caused severe flooding in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Several residents had to be evacuated in the Padua province as the river Bacchiglione proke its banks.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, in the southern hemisphere, Brazil baked in sweltering heat.
Rio de Janeiro faced a daytime high of 40 C on Wednesday, and many tried to head to the sandy shores of Copacabana and Ipanema for some relief.
Records had already been broken on Tuesday, when the mercury climbed to 40.8 C, making it the hottest day of the year so far. Making it worse was a blackout that lasted about 40 minutes. More than two million people across 11 states were affected.
“With 40 degrees celsius, it’s unbearable,” said Monicledison Carneiro, a Rio lawyer. “The government has to be prepared, because on the hottest day of the year we had a blackout. This cannot happen. I suffered yesterday.”
Water reserves and hydroelectric dams are also at a record low in Sao Paulo state.
–With files from The Associated Press
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