US EditionAfrican Flare in Sicily: European Heat Record of 48.8ºC Could Be Broken
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While Central Europe sinks in the rain, the continent experiences historical heat – from southern Europe to far into the Arctic. A weather column by Dominik Jung.
African flare in Sicily: European heat record of 48.8ºC could be broken
Catania is shrouded in a white mist, obscuring the horizon at sea, as if the earth were evaporating, as EL PAÍS arrives at the airport at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The thermometer is already reading 35 degrees Celsius (95ºF), but that’s nothing compared to what is expected, or rather feared, throughout the day: that Sicily will surpass its own heat record, the European record of 48.8ºC (119.8ºF) recorded on August 11, 2021, in Floridia, a small t…
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