Hungary, Slovakia Hit Record Highs, Face Severe Water Shortages.

Recently, Hungary and Slovakia, under the influence of a Central European heatwave, each set new national temperature records, with Hungary reaching 42 °C and Slovakia 41.3 °C. Faced with such extreme heat, some towns have begun implementing water restrictions, and mobile water trucks have been dispatched to areas with insufficient supply to address the increasingly severe water scarcity.

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordering Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria. Its territory lies mainly in the Carpathian Basin, and it has a population of over 9.5 million, the majority of whom are ethnic Hungarians (Magyars), with a significant Roma minority. Hungarian is the official language and one of the few European languages not belonging to the Indo‑European family. Budapest, the capital, is Hungary's political, economic, and