US EditionFires Break Out as Southern Europe Heatwave Intensifies
PORTUGAL, JUL 1 – Temperatures exceeded 40°C in over 40 southern European cities, prompting health emergencies and wildfire alerts amid climate change-driven extreme heat and environmental impacts.
- A major heat wave covered much of southern Europe on Monday, triggering record temperatures and widespread forest fires across several countries.
- This heat wave, intensified by climate change, developed due to a persistent 'heat dome' trapping hot air, with Portugal confirming a 46.6 C reading on Sunday in Mora.
- Forest fires burned 400 hectares in France's Aude region, forced airport closures in Turkey's Izmir, and led to evacuations of 1,500 people in Hatay province near Syria.
- Wimbledon experienced its hottest opening day with temperatures near 30 C, while officials issued red heat warnings in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, and the UK as new highs are expected Wednesday.
- Authorities urged vulnerable groups to avoid the heat, and leaders including UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent climate action, warning the planet is "getting hotter & more dangerous.
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"In Paris I am not staying. We are going to the outskirts, to a nearby forest to be fresher," says Mathieu, a young Parisian who has opted for telework to escape the suffocating heat that the capital of France is beating these days. Continue reading...
The early heat wave in Western and Southern Europe extends northward on Tuesday.
In many parts of Europe the temperature records are pruning, regions suffer from lack of water, the danger of forest fire increases. Waters also become warmer or dry out.
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