German authorities issued extreme heat warnings nearly nationwide as temperatures hit record highs. Photo: AP PHOTO From Scandinavia to the alps, Europeans are enduring sweltering conditions as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths spreads east, shattering records with temperatures in some areas soaring above 40 degrees Celsius. Preliminary all-time temperature records were set on Saturday in Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic, and a new mark for the month of June in Switzerland.