bog, scrubland and forest. Lithuania The Lithuanian government declared a state of emergency for drought. Netherlands In the Netherlands, a heat wave is defined as a period of at least five consecutive days are so called ‘summery days’ (days on which the daily maximum temperature is at least ), of which at least three days are ‘tropical’ (days on which the daily maximum temperature is at least ). The Netherlands experienced a heat wave of 13 days starting with 15 July and to 27 July inclusive, the country's longest since the European heat wave of 2006. The highest temperature of was measured in Arcen, Limburg, on 26 July. In many parts of the country authorities were planning for measures in case of water shortages. A second heat wave started on 29 July, lasting 10 days until 7 August inclusive. Norway The Norwegian government has imposed water restrictions and the cost of electricity is expected to rise due to a high dependency on hydro-electric generation. In the Banak peninsula in northern Norway a temperature of was recorded on 30 July 2018, which is considered extremely unusual for a region located north of the Arctic Circle. In the first half of July there have been more than 40 forest fires. Oslo experienced its warmest summer day for 80 years with the maximum of Poland Polish authorities banned swimming at more than 50 beaches, due to the outbreak of toxic cyanobacteria, forming in warmer waters. Portugal and Spain Portugal and Spain experienced record temperatures. Portugal's average high temperature was above for 3 consecutive days (40.1 °C, 40.9 °C and 41.6 °C, respectively 2, 3 and 4 August) and 6 different municipalities recorded temperatures at or above with being recorded at Alvega on 4 August. Lisbon set the highest temperature of on 4 August. In Spain, 9 people died due to the heat wave. The 2018 heat wave in Catalonia took place from 25 July to 6 August. After three very dry years, drought conditions in Catalonia were widespread, but the rain of the first four months of the 2018 was higher than the climatic average and the agriculture recovered from the water deficit. The spring was not very warm and the heat of summer came suddenly. July was warm. The first heat wave did not produce deaths, but the second one was really deadly: the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (Aspcat) estimated that