In the weekend, the temperature in some parts of Europe rose from 40 ° C (104F), as a initial heat wave tightened its grip on the continent.
In Spain, Temperature on Sunday set a new national heat record for the month of June, hit 46 ° C (114.8 ° F) in the city of L. Granado near the Portuguese border.
Last June high of 45.2 ° C (113.4 ° F) in Sevile in 1965.
According to the Portuguese Institute for C&A atmosphere, under the “red warning” for heat by Monday night, the capital, with Lisbon, was expected to be above 40 ° C in the neighboring Portugal.
Excessive heat to reach London
In Italy, 21 cities, including Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence and Rome, were placed on high alerts across the country as excessive heat.
Local authorities in Greece issued a fresh warning about the risk of wildfires.
Hot weather is expected to remain at the beginning of the week, London predicted to reach 35 ° C on Monday, marking the hottest day ever.
The German weather service issued a summer warning for southern and western regions on Sunday, with 39 ° C peaks on Wednesday.
Baden-Vurtembourb, Bavaria, Hayes, Northern Rhine-Westfalis, Rhineland-Pelotten and the states of Sarland were alerts.
Summer
Meteorologists warn that the summer waves are becoming more frequent and the weather is coming in the weather due to human-powered climate change.
Spain’s State Meteorological Agency, Amet, said that only the summer waves of June 2 were recorded as Betty 1975 and 2000. This number has increased to nine since 2000. This year, the temperature of August had come by the end of May.
Emanuela Piervitley, a researcher at the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), warned, “Summer waves want to become more frequent and more intense.”
“Another increase in the expectation of temperature and heat in the future is expected, so we have to get a habit of temperature with extreme evenings, which we are now extermining.”
In France, experts warned that the heat is taking a toll on biodiversity.
“Some nests reach more than 40 ° C,” the League’s alain Bugraine-Dabberg said that their care centers have been overwells with the struggling birds, saying the League’s Allen Bugrain-Dabberg said.
Edited by: Darko Jenjeevic