Europe Wilts Under Record Heat as AC Sales Soar
France’s national temperature indicator hit 29.8C, and Carrefour sold 30,000 air-conditioning units in one day as demand surged across the country.
- Europe braced Wednesday for another day of unprecedented heat as France's national temperature indicator hit 29.8C on Tuesday, the hottest since 1947, while Italy's health ministry declared red heatwave alerts in 16 cities including Milan and Rome.
- A scientific study indicates the current heatwave is "significantly exacerbated by human-induced climate change," with temperatures 2 to 4C cooler without it as atmospheric patterns trap hot air across the continent.
- Hypermarket operator Carrefour sold 30,000 units on Monday, which CEO Alexandre Bompard called "a thousand times more than on a normal day," while Amazon sales nearly doubled last week.
- James Bowen, Assistant General Secretary at the National Association of Head Teachers, stated, "The school estate in the UK is not well prepared for this level of heat," as major sites like the Louvre and Atomium limit visiting hours.
- While Spain expects some relief by Thursday, high-level heat warnings remain in effect for Poland and Croatia through Saturday as forecasters anticipate temperatures could break the 40.2C record set in 1921.
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Malay Mail
MalaysiajournalAC sales skyrocket in France and Italy as ‘unprecedented’ 41C heatwave cooks Europe
PARIS, June 24 — Europe braced Wednesday for another day of an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries and sent air conditioner sales zooming in a continent unused and ill-equipped to handle searing heat.The extreme weather is being driven by atmospheric and circulation patterns that keep hot air trapped in place for days, causing the mercury to slowly rise, with these factors exacerbated by global warming, experts say.…
The heat wave continues in Western Europe, unprecedented in its intensity and precocity in the season, breaking heat records.
In the face of the heatwaves, a "mass air conditioning plan." This is a proposal of the RN, which, obviously, has stopped relativising the alerts of the Giec, Panel of Experts on Climate Change.
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