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Heat records in the Mediterranean Sea, Spain and France, which lived its hottest night that there is a record in June night. Extension of persistent heat had never been seen.
Southern Europe, a persistent heat wave, which reached a unprecedented geographical extension In France and extended from Balkans to England, leading to the formation of an impressive.
In addition to falling hail in some places in Portugal, Sunday’s heat led to the formation of a rare phenomenon of “roller clouds”, which accumulated in certain coastal sections. Images shared on social networks show a huge horizontal cloud to move from the sea horizon toward the beaches.
Almost temperature record in Portugal
Inside, the thermometer will have reached the 46.6 ° C in Mora, Évora districta value close to the absolute maximum in the country, on August 1, 2003, then 47.3 degrees in Amareleja (Beja), according to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Due to the heat wave, the IPMA put Seven Districts of the Continent in Red Warningbetween Sunday and Tuesday: Lisbon, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre. The remaining districts will have orange (the second most severe) and yellow warnings, varying in the days.
More than 80 municipalities in the districts of Vila Real, Braga, Bragança, Porto, Viseu, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Portalegre and Faro are today in maximum fire danger.
The rural fire fighting device is reinforced on Tuesday to enter its maximum capacity, becoming on the ground permanently 11,161 operational and 69 air assets, less than those provided for by Civil Protection.
France never lived so hot night in June
With an average of 26.01 ° C (degrees Celsius), according to data from the European program copernicus registered on Sunday and analyzed by Météo-France, The Mediterranean Sea had never recorded such a high surface temperature.
And also on land, records have been beaten since the beginning of this wave of extreme heat.
France lived his hottest night that there is record in June on Sunday nightand Monday also established a monthly record, according to provisional data released Monday night by Météo-France.
Paris will be placed on red wave warning on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of Rome and Milan.
This Monday, 84 of the 95 French departments (excluding overseas territories) were on orange alert, a geographical extension considered “unprecedented”, according to the Minister of the Ecological Transition of France, Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
46ºC: Huelva hit Seville
Were also registered maximum and minimum record temperatures For the month of June in several Spanish stations, according to the Aemet Meteorological Agency.
On Saturday, a historic record was recorded for the month of June in Huelva, with a temperature of 46 ° Csurpassing the 45.2 ° C recorded in Seville in 1965.
Following the deaths of two road workers in Spain on Saturday, probably due to insolation, unions asked measures to protect the most exposed workers.
Woman died in Italy
In Italy, the Ministry of Health put 17 Cities on Red Alertamong which Rome, Milan, Florence and Verona. “Climate shelters” were installed in Bologna and distributed dehumidifiers to those in need in Ancona.
This is “one of the strongest heat waves in summer”, which also stands out for its particularly long duration, the France-Presse (AFP) expert Antonio Spano, founder of the specialized site Ilmeteo.it, expert.
While firefighters fought forest fires in various regions of Italy, the local media reported that a 77 -year -old woman died on Sundaysuffocated by the smoke of a fire that launched near his house in Potenza (south).
50 thousand displaced in Türkiye
In Türkiye, more than 50,000 people from 41 locations had to be removed this Monday due to forest fires.
Heat waves are becoming more intense, starting earlier and occurring later in summer due to climate change.
Na Croatiathe vast majority of the coast is on red alert due to temperatures to be around 35 ° C, while the Montenegro faces a high risk of fires and Serbia It faces severe and extreme drought in much of its territory.
O United Kingdom It was also affected by this heat wave on the first day of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, with the British authorities issuing an amber alert (the second most severe scale) in five regions of England, including London.
