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Italy has put 23 cities on red alert as temperatures could reach 46C on Wednesday, one of the global hotspots as a sweltering heatwave, wildfires and floods wreaked havoc from the United States to China.
An intense heatwave hit southern Europe during the peak summer tourist season, breaking records including in Rome. Wildfires have been burning for a third day west of the Greek capital, Athens, with water-air bombers resuming operations at first light and firefighters working through the night to keep flames away from coastal refineries. Experts said temperatures could rise to 44 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Residents were left to inspect the wreckage of their homes after the forest fires. He said “everything burned, everything” Abram Parotsidis65.
In China, which this week hosted US climate envoy John Kerry for talks, tourists braved the heat to visit a giant thermometer showing surface temperatures of 80 degrees Celsius. In Beijing, which set a new record as temperatures remained above 35 degrees Celsius for the 28th consecutive day.
Phoenix in the United States broke a similar record, in place for 49 years, with its 19th straight day’s temperatures of 43.3 degrees Celsius or higher, weather officials said. More than 86 million people in the United States live in areas that were expected to experience dangerous heat levels on Wednesday.
In southern France, a record high of 29.5°C was recorded in the Alpine ski resort of Alpe d’Huez, while 40.6°C was recorded for the first time in Verdun In the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Temperatures remained high across much of Italy on Wednesday, with 45°-46°C expected in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia and some inland Sicily likely to see temperatures in the mid-40s. The Health Ministry said it would activate a hotline and teams of mobile health workers visited the elderly in Rome.
In Spain, El Corte Ingles, one of the country’s largest supermarket chains, said sales of air conditioning units have jumped, as has interest in cooling pads for pets and horses. Spain has warned of the risk of wildfires raging across most of the country despite residents being allowed to return to their homes on the island of La Palma where a blaze that had raged for five days in one sector had lain, although it remained active in another. In Germany, the heat wave has sparked an unexpected debate about whether workplaces should offer naps for workers.
An intense heatwave hit southern Europe during the peak summer tourist season, breaking records including in Rome. Wildfires have been burning for a third day west of the Greek capital, Athens, with water-air bombers resuming operations at first light and firefighters working through the night to keep flames away from coastal refineries. Experts said temperatures could rise to 44 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Residents were left to inspect the wreckage of their homes after the forest fires. He said “everything burned, everything” Abram Parotsidis65.
In China, which this week hosted US climate envoy John Kerry for talks, tourists braved the heat to visit a giant thermometer showing surface temperatures of 80 degrees Celsius. In Beijing, which set a new record as temperatures remained above 35 degrees Celsius for the 28th consecutive day.
Phoenix in the United States broke a similar record, in place for 49 years, with its 19th straight day’s temperatures of 43.3 degrees Celsius or higher, weather officials said. More than 86 million people in the United States live in areas that were expected to experience dangerous heat levels on Wednesday.
In southern France, a record high of 29.5°C was recorded in the Alpine ski resort of Alpe d’Huez, while 40.6°C was recorded for the first time in Verdun In the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Temperatures remained high across much of Italy on Wednesday, with 45°-46°C expected in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia and some inland Sicily likely to see temperatures in the mid-40s. The Health Ministry said it would activate a hotline and teams of mobile health workers visited the elderly in Rome.
In Spain, El Corte Ingles, one of the country’s largest supermarket chains, said sales of air conditioning units have jumped, as has interest in cooling pads for pets and horses. Spain has warned of the risk of wildfires raging across most of the country despite residents being allowed to return to their homes on the island of La Palma where a blaze that had raged for five days in one sector had lain, although it remained active in another. In Germany, the heat wave has sparked an unexpected debate about whether workplaces should offer naps for workers.
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