LISBON, Portugal, August 3, 2018 (News Wires) - Eight places in the center, south and east of Portugal have broken their local temperature records amid a heatwave, the country's weather agency said on Friday. The highest temperature recorded Thursday was 45.2 degrees Celsius (113.4 Fahrenheit) near Abrantes, a town 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of the capital, Lisbon, the IPMA said. Temperatures in Portugal were forecast to keep building nationwide on Friday, to around 45 degrees, and to peak at 47 degrees in some places on Saturday.