“For five days now, extreme high temperatures have been on Sakhalin, the South Kuril Islands, in the Primorsky Territory.
On Sakhalin, the temperature is above 30 degrees, ”TASS quoted Vilfand as saying.
According to him, "this weather will continue."
As the forecaster specified, strong heat is also expected in the south of the European part of Russia.
In the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea, 31-36 degrees Celsius are forecasted during the day, in the Rostov Region - up to 38 degrees Celsius.
Earlier, Wilfand predicted dangerous weather in several regions of Russia.