7 Arab regions recorded the highest temperatures on Earth in the last 24 hours.

Arab Weather - Large areas of the Middle East have witnessed extremely high temperatures over the past 24 hours, according to data released by global monitoring stations as of 6:00 a.m. GMT. Cities in Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait topped the list of the hottest regions globally, amid a severe heat wave affecting the region.

Top 10 temperatures recorded in the past 24 hours:

Omidiyeh - Iran: 50.0°C

Basra International Airport - Iraq: 49.7°C

Ahvaz - Iran: 49.6°C

Amara - Iraq: 49.6°C

Basra - Al-Hussein - Iraq: 49.0°C

FAO - Iraq: 48.9°C

Kuwait International Airport - Kuwait: 48.7°C

Abadan, Iran: 48.5°C

Ashraf International Airport - Iraq: 48.3°C

Karbala - Iraq: 48.3°C

This heat wave is the result of a strong high pressure system in the upper atmosphere, accompanied by dry and extremely hot continental air masses. This is leading to an unusually high temperature in the interior regions of the Arab world, particularly southern Iraq and Kuwait.