European “Exception” heat wave shuts down schools, prompting health alerts – Country
Italy has limited outdoor work, France fought wildfires in a European heat wave on Tuesday, and meteorologists called such a strike earlier this year “extraordinary”.
Spain confirmed its hottest June in June, while temperatures passed 40 C (104°F) in some cities on Tuesday. Similarly, in the Italian city of Trento, the heat scales to 40°C, while Nordic cities such as London are also stuffy.
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said that the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said that Europe's heating rate is twice the global average and is the fastest continent in the world.
“What's extraordinary is the time of year,” said Clare Nullis, a spokesman for the World Meteorological Organization.
Europe is experiencing extreme hot episodes, she said, “usually we see later in the summer.”
Some countries have issued health alerts and unions, attributed the death of a construction worker near the Italian city of Bologna to the Heat on Monday.
During the hottest hours of the day, some parts of Italy banned outdoor work as Italy issued a red alarm for heat waves to 17 cities including Milan and Rome.
It is reported that in Bergamo, a city in central and northern Florence, power outages may have caused or aggravated by the power consumption of air conditioners. News agencies reported that in Sicily, a woman with a heart disease died while walking in the city of Bagria.
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In the Spanish city of Barcelona, authorities are investigating whether the death of street sweepers over the weekend is related to heat.
The Red Cross has established air-conditioned “climate shelter” for residents of Malaga, southern Spain, a spokesperson for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society said.
Türkiye continues to fight against wildfires that temporarily evacuated in the city of Izmir and nearby Manisa province and in the southeastern Hatay.
In France, nearly 1,900 schools were closed, with about 200 schools on Monday. In some areas, the heat on Tuesday was set to high temperatures in France, weather forecaster France said.
Record temperature baking country
Scientists say greenhouse gas emissions that burn fossil fuels are the cause of climate change, and deforestation and industrial practice are other factors. Last year was the hottest one on the planet.
“We've been hearing about climate change. I think we definitely feel it now,” said Omar Bah, a leasing company worker in London.
Spanish weather forecaster AEMET said the Mediterranean oceans are 30°C higher than the seasonal average in Spain, 6 degrees higher because the high-pressure system sandwiches hot air above Europe, a phenomenon known as a hot dome.
Higher temperatures in the Mediterranean tend to enhance extreme temperatures in land areas, Nouris said.
The Weather Bureau AEMET said the average temperature in Spain was 23.6°C last month. June may be one of the five warmest people on record, Copernicus said. The Metropolitan Office National Meteorological Service said England has been the hottest June since at least 1884.
French railway operator SNCF said that the Paris-Milan railway service was interrupted due to mudslides on the French side of the Alps, and French railway operator SNCF said that all services would not be fully restored until mid-July.
The top floor of the Eiffel Tower is closed for disappointing visitors.
“I tried to all the organizations before we set out and it turned out to be nonsense,” said Barcelona teacher Laia Pons, 42.
According to its website, when the temperature rises, the puddle used to build the Eiffel Tower is slightly expanded and the inclination is slightly expanded, with no effect on its structural integrity.
When farmers in France, the largest cereal producer in the EU, began harvesting crops this year, hot temperatures increased the risk of wildfires, many of whom worked all night to avoid the heat in the afternoon.
(Emma Farge, Michaela Cabrera, Kate Abnett, Gus Trompiz, Rachel More, Sudip Kar-Gupta, Ezgi Erkoyun, William James; William James; Writing by Ingrid Melander and Michele Kambas; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Timothy Heritage)
