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Code yellow (again!): Netherlands set for 37-degree heat and thunderstorms

From tomorrow (August 13), the whole country will come under a code yellow weather warning, with "tropically hot" temperatures of up to 37 degrees Celsius expected. While meteorologists may have warned...
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