Dangerous weather causes brutal heat wave in Europe

Dangerous weather causes brutal heat wave in Europe

A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean combines with a powerful heatedom and leads to Europe suffering from a brutally early summer heat. This phenomenon is becoming increasingly common because the planet warms up: the influence of maritime heat waves in the Mediterranean has become clearer in the last summers. The heating of the ocean contributes to extreme temperatures on land, leads to fatal floods and ignores devastating fires.

temperature records in southern Europe

The water temperatures in the Mediterranean are currently the average for this season, in the middle of a significant marine heat wave. The most intensive warming takes place in the western Mediterranean, especially in the area south of France.

These conditions lead to an increase in humidity in the north and keep the temperatures high in the nightly affected regions.

hot air from Africa

The heat wave is also reinforced by hot air that flows out of Africa and creates a circulation of the heat. In Spain and Portugal, temperatures have broken records, and by Wednesday it is expected that further maximum values will fall in large parts of Europe, while the heat wave is increasing.

The city of El Granado in Spain recorded temperatures of up to 46 degrees Celsius (114.8 Fahrenheit), which was a new national record for June , according to the National Weather Service Aemet. The past month was the hottest June in the history of Spain, with the temperatures "powdered records", reported Aemet on Tuesday.

extreme temperatures in Portugal and France

in Portugal was a preliminary temperature of 46 degrees Celsius (115.9 Fernheit) Registered in the city of Mora, about 130 kilometers east of Lisbon, which would also be a new national record for June.

Conductively high temperatures affect almost all of France. Many cities listed temperatures About 38 degrees Celsius , according to preliminary records by Météo France.

health warnings and evacuations

A red heat warning, the highest alarm level, was spent on 16 French departments on Tuesday, including Île-de-France, where Paris is located. Due to the heat, the tip of the Eiffel Tower for tourists , both Tuesday and Wednesday.

also in the United Kingdom there is heat wave, the country is already experiencing the second this summer. On Monday, the temperatures over 32 degrees Celsius , which in a country in which less than 5 % of the households have climate plants, makes very uncomfortable.

forest fires and climate change

"The current heat wave in June and July is exposing millions of Europeans to high heat," said Samantha Burgess, strategic director of climate at the European Center for Medium -term weather forecasts. "The temperatures observed lately are typical of the months of July and August and usually only appear a few times a summer."

forest fires spread in several countries, while the temperatures continue to rise. On Sunday in Aude, in the southwest of France, fires broke out and burned almost 400 hectares. 50,000 people were evacuated in Turkey, while firefighters combat violent fires, especially in the western provinces of Izmir and Manisa.

The effects of climate change

On Tuesday and Wednesday, temperature records will probably also fall in Germany, while the heatedomas spread to the east before a number of cooler air fronts move from the west to northwestern Europe. The climate change caused by humans means that heat waves become more, more intense and long -lasting. Europe is the fastest warming continent and warms up twice as quickly as the rest of the world. Climate change also leads to more frequent and more intense marine heat waves.