German highways buckle under extreme temperatures with heatwave on the move

• Germany is grappling with widespread disruption as a severe heatwave, which has already scorched western Europe, moves across the central and eastern parts of the continent.
• Authorities have reported highway damage and widespread train cancellations as temperatures are forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius.
• The extreme conditions led to the evacuation of dozens of residents from a nursing home in Dormagen, western Germany, due to dangerous indoor temperatures reaching 35C.