Iraq Records Hottest Day So Far This Year in Basra City

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2antpCN
via IFTTT Iraq's state-run Meteorological Department said on Saturday that it had registered the hottest day so far this year, with maximum temperatures hitting 53.9 degrees Celsius (129.02 Fahrenheit) in the southern city of Basra.