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epa10133195 An aerial view taken with a drone shows dried fields in Saint Denis Bovesse, Belgium, 22 August 2022. According to the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) of Belgium, the country has been victim of extremely high temperatures in July 2022, the driest in 137 years, as ​​high pressure located over central Europe ensured stable and dry weather over the region. Uccle, a municipality of the Brussels-Capital region, recorded a total of only 5.2mm of precipitation in July 2022, as opposed to the previous year July's average of 76.9mm. Belgium's absolute record of a severe dry period was in 1885, with just 2.9mm of rain recorded. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET