{"id":200864,"date":"2026-08-21T22:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200864\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:55:19","slug":"belarus-bracing-for-heat-windstorms-on-august-22","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200864\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus bracing for heat, windstorms on August 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong><em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 weather service Bie\u0142hidramiet has issued a red-level warning over high temperatures expected on August 22&nbsp;in the Homiel region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air is expected to warm up to 36 degrees Celsius in southeastern Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bie\u0142hidramiet has also issued an orange alert in connection with thunderstorms&nbsp;and squally winds with gusts of up to 27 meters per second forecast for most of the country on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 29, Belarus reported its highest-ever temperature in the 145-year history of accurate meteorological observations, with 40.4 C registered in the southern city of Pinsk, Brest region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solnze-zhara-2026-POZ.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Record-high daily temperatures reported in Belarus on August 16<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 weather stations recorded three record high daily temperatures on August 16, according to data from Bie\u0142hidramiet. Temperatures rose to 34.6 degrees Celsius in Brest (up from 33.9C on the same date in 2008), 34.7C in Pru\u017eany &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/200204\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 weather service Bie\u0142hidramiet has issued a red-level warning over high temperatures expected on August 22&nbsp;in the Homiel region. The air is expected to warm up to 36 degrees Celsius in southeastern Belarus. Bie\u0142hidramiet has also issued an orange alert in connection with thunderstorms&nbsp;and squally winds with gusts of up to 27 meters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-200864","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus bracing for heat, windstorms on August 22 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 21, Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 weather service Bie\u0142hidramiet has issued a red-level warning over high temperatures expected on August 22&nbsp;in the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200864\/\" \/>\n<meta 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