This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRecord high temperatures have been plaguing the Middle East, the mercury soaring to extreme levels during a blistering and unforgiving heat wave. Baghdad surged to its highest temperature ever recorded Tuesday.Tuesday’s in Iraq’s capital city shatters its previous record of 123.8 degrees set on July 30, 2015, for any day of the year.On Wednesday, Baghdad followed up with aof 124 degrees, its second-highest temperature on record. On Monday, it had reached .The crippling heat forced many residents indoors, and street...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRecord high temperatures have been plaguing the Middle East, the mercury soaring to extreme levels during a blistering and unforgiving heat wave. Baghdad surged to its highest temperature ever recorded Tuesday.Tuesday’s in Iraq’s capital city shatters its previous record of 123.8 degrees set on July 30, 2015, for any day of the year.On Wednesday, Baghdad followed up with aof 124 degrees, its second-highest temperature on record. On Monday, it had reached .The crippling heat forced many residents indoors, and street...WW…