Heat wave meets France: Warning for more than half of the country!

Heat wave meets France: Warning for more than half of the country!

Carcassonne, Frankreich - In France, a heat wave spreads that continues this weekend and leads to the highest alarm level of the Météo-France Weather Service. Almost more than half of the country is affected and the center and the south are particularly facing drastic increases in temperature. Temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius will be expected for these regions next Monday, such as n-tv reported.

This heat wave is the second of the year. The first occurred in a phase from June 19 to July 4 with temperatures above 30 degrees. According to Météo-France, the current wave could continue until the end of the coming week. The local weather service emphasizes that a total of 51 heat waves have been recorded in France since 1947. In recent decades, the number of hot days in Europe, a trend that takes on worrying proportions.

forest fires and alarm readiness

In the south of France, a large forest fire rages that has already destroyed 13,000 hectares of land. Hundreds of firefighters are in use to curb the fire near Carcassonne and Narbonne. A fire brigade spokesman states that despite the efforts, an all -clear is not to be expected before Sunday evening. The fire brigade also monitors around 90 kilometers to prevent reducing. A few of the last evacuated people were able to return to their homes on Friday evening, but around 100 households are still without electricity, such as In addition to France, Spain and Greece are also on an increased willingness to alert because of the heat, strong winds and drought. These factors promote the endangerment from forest fires in these countries.

The current climatic challenges are in the context of a worrying trend: the temperatures in Europe are increasing faster than in many other regions in the world, more than twice as fast as the global average in the past 30 years. The past few years have been shaped by extreme heat waves, droughts and a high number of forest fires, which also has an impact on agriculture and energy supply, such as DetailsOrtCarcassonne, FrankreichQuellen

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