Reindeer suffer as Finland swelters in record heatwave

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HELSINKI: A record-long heatwave in Finland has caused suffering and even deaths of reindeer, prompting alarm among herders as temperatures remained above 25°C on Tuesday (Aug 5). Finland recently had 22 days of temperatures over 30°C, the longest such heatwave since records began in 1961, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Monday. In the arctic town of Rovaniemi, which bills itself the hometown of Santa Claus, temperatures hit 26°C on Tuesday. Anne Ollila, director of the country's

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