Major power outage hits Balkans amid early summer heatwave

Weather warnings have been issued amid high temperatures (AP)

A major power outage has struck much of the Balkans as the southern European region sweltered in an early heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to up to 40C.

Montenegrin authorities said that an outage in the country’s power distribution system left almost the entire country without electricity, while similar problems were reported in the coastal part of Croatia, Bosnia and Albania.