{"id":565041,"date":"2026-08-03T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=565041"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:29:59","slug":"heat-up-to-40-c-and-thunderstorms-forecast-as-weather-service-issues-red-and-orange-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/heat-up-to-40-c-and-thunderstorms-forecast-as-weather-service-issues-red-and-orange-alerts","title":{"rendered":"Heat Up to 40\u00b0C and Thunderstorms Forecast as Weather Service Issues Red and Orange Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus is set to experience a heatwave in the coming days. Weather forecasters have issued a red alert for extreme heat. A separate orange alert has also been issued due to thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;On Tuesday, Aug. 4, maximum daytime temperatures in the south of the country will reach 35-36\u00b0C. On Wednesday, Aug. 5, maximum daytime temperatures will reach 30-34\u00b0C across most of the country, with temperatures of 35-38\u00b0C in some areas and in many southern districts. On Thursday, Aug. 6, maximum daytime temperatures will reach 35-40\u00b0C in many parts of the country, while some areas will see temperatures of 30-34\u00b0C,&#8221;<\/em> the red alert said.<\/p>\n<p>The second warning has been issued for Tuesday, Aug. 4. Thunderstorms are forecast in western Belarus, with heavy downpours and wind gusts of 15-20 metres per second expected in some areas during the storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus is set to experience a heatwave in the coming days. Weather forecasters have issued a red alert for extreme heat. A separate orange alert has also been issued due to thunderstorms. &#8220;On Tuesday, Aug. 4, maximum daytime temperatures in the south of the country will reach 35-36\u00b0C. On Wednesday, Aug. 5, maximum daytime temperatures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":539030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a705f9d6fdff.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Heat Up to 40\u00b0C and Thunderstorms Forecast as Weather Service Issues Red and Orange Alerts"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}