Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings
Authorities issued health alerts as the heat dome pushed May temperatures to record highs and was linked to at least seven deaths in France.
- The UK broke historical May temperature records twice over 24 hours, with London's Kew Gardens reaching 35.1°C on Monday before Tuesday's temperature climbed to 95.2 degrees Fahrenheit, more than 2°C above the previous record.
- Scientists attribute the severity to human-caused climate change supercharging a 'heat dome' phenomenon, as Europe has warmed by 0.56°C per decade over the last 30 years—more than twice the global average.
- Erich Fischer, professor at ETH Zurich's Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, told BBC News that records broken after 100 or 150 years should shift by a tenth of a degree, not "suddenly by two or three degrees."
- On Sunday, a man died during a 10-kilometre running race in Paris and 10 were hospitalized in critical condition, while a French government spokesperson reported at least seven heat-related deaths including five drownings.
- A Climate Change Committee report projects more than 90 percent of UK homes could overheat by 2050, while climate advisers warned last week the country was "built for a climate that no longer exists.
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Europe glows under a gigantic heat dome – with some dramatic consequences!
Temperatures are rising to record highs not only here, but also in other European countries. The heat is taking a heavy toll, with 7 deaths in France and 6 in the United Kingdom. The warm weather in Southern Europe is not over yet: the mercury could still rise to 40 degrees locally there. This situation is "exceptional, historic, and unprecedented," says climatologist Matthieu Sorel in the French newspaper Le Monde.
The early heat wave already upsets France with unprecedented heat records for a month of May. A new burning episode could follow as early as 4 June, prolonging an unusual weather series.
London. Several countries in Western Europe yesterday lived one more day with extreme temperatures far higher than normal for a month of May due to an exceptional heat wave caused by the domed weather phenomenon of heat, which in France caused seven deaths and four in the UK, where the temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius for the first time in more than a century. In India the red alert was activated by temperatures that reached 47 degrees.
Europe is falling! Extreme Canicle has dropped 1,000 temperature records in the last four days. 13 people have died in Europe, at over 40 degrees Celsius. In Spain, Italy, Britain and France, the burn toropited tourists. Article Extreme Canicle has dropped 1,000 temperature records in the last four days. 13 people have died in Europe first appears in Romania TV.
Europe braces for 100-degree spring heat as experts warn this is the new normal
Late May is supposed to feel like spring. Across parts of Europe, it's increasingly starting to resemble midsummer. Spain is forecast to reach nearly 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas, and the United Kingdom recently set May temperature records, as the Guardian reported. What's Happening? As Euronews detailed, experts say that this sort of early-season heat is no longer some bizarre fluke and is instead the new normal. We…
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