Romanian authorities issued an orange level alert across Romania for Monday as temperatures reach almost 40 degrees Celsius in some areas and between 33-37 degrees Celsius expected all throughout the week. "I've been coming here for eight-nine years maybe and it got much hotter in July. Normally it's August where it's 39-40 degrees, but the last two-three years it's been getting gradually hotter in July", 59-year-old John, a tourist from UK, told AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES