A total of 37 apartments in France, 18 million people, are affected by the heat wave that reached the country from the Maghreb via the Iberian Peninsula
The unprecedented and early heatwave affecting France is spreading, with one third of the country now on alert as well the temperature is expected to surpass them 40 degrees Celsiuswhile the conditions in Spain which is also faced with fires.
A total of 37 apartments in France, 18 million peopleaffected by the heat wave that reached the country from the Maghreb via the Iberian Peninsula.
In Spain the temperature is very high already last weekend, reaching 43 degrees in places, which favored the outbreak of firesmainly in Catalonia.
According to the French meteorological service, in much of southwestern France, the temperature will reach or even exceed 40 degrees. Already yesterday 40 points were recorded at Saint-Jean-de-Menervaan era record for metropolitan France.
The country’s Ministry of Health has activated free telephone line for information on the heatwave, while the Ministry of Education announced that students of the 12 apartments that have been put on red alert can stay home today.
Gironde County, whose capital is Bordeaux, banned outdoor events as well as those that were to take place indoors without air conditioning.
The French Prime Minister, Elizabeth Bournecalled the French yesterday “do not expose yourself to the weather and be extremely careful».
Climate change indicator
«This heat wave is the earliest ever recorded in France since 1947“, Said the Mathieu Sorel, climatologist at the French Meteorological Service.
«Many monthly records or even absolute records (…) are expected to be broken in many areas“, He added, considering that the situation is”indication of climate change».
The heat wave occurs after a very hot and dry spring that worsened the drought, resulting in restrictions in many areas on water consumption.
In northern Italy Water consumption limits have been imposed in many cities in the Po Valley and Lombardy is preparing to declare a state of emergency due to the record drought threatening crops.
According to scientiststhe increase in heatwave incidents, mainly in Europedue to climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions increase their power, duration and frequency.
The last ten months in Spain Four extreme temperatures have been recorded: a heat wave in August 2021, when the country recorded its highest temperature (47.4 degrees Celsius in Montoro, in the south), temperatures “particularly high” between Christmas and New Year, a wave heatwave in May and the current wave.
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