Temperatures are on average up to six degrees higher than normal, with little respite at night.
Temperatures up to 111F have caused 31 deaths in Athens and 30 in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade during the past six days. More than 3,000 heat victims have been taken to hospital in Athens with breathing problems caused by dangerously high smog levels. It looks like temperatures will go up in the southern Balkans on Sunday by about two degrees,' said Theodoros Kolidas, a forecaster based in Athens. Three died of brain haemorrhages. In Romania, five people have died of heart attacks and strokes, bringing weather- related deaths there last week to 14.