At least eight people died in Europe amid the strong heat wave that advances through the continent. The phenomenon also generated health alerts and forest fires, as well as forcing the closure of schools and sights.
Four deaths were recorded in Spain, two in France and two in Italy.
According to the Spanish authorities, two of the deaths occurred due to a forest fire in Catalonia. In addition, heat wave -related fatalities were recorded in Extremadura and Cordoba.
In France, the Minister of Energy reported that another 300 people were hospitalized due to the extreme climate.
In Italy, two men over 60 died of Sardinia due to the heat, reported news agency Ansa. The country issued red alerts to 18 cities.
Scientists say that increasing temperatures to up to 10 ° C in some regions as the warming of seas stimulated the formation of one, “imprisoning” the hot air masses.
Red alert and high temperatures in Europe
Meteorological predictions use the air -planted temperatures. However, the European space agency has a satellite instrument that measures the actual amount of energy radiated by the land and represents the Real terrestrial surface temperaturewhich is higher than that of air.
Thus, it was possible to verify that the temperatures of the earth surface reached 45 °C em Romana Italywhile in Mothers e Sevillena Spainreached 45 e 54 °Crespectively, on the day June 29.
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The meteorological agency Meteo France reported that the.
Catherine Vautrin, France’s Minister of Health and Family, said authorities should remain vigilant.
“In the coming days, we will see the consequences, especially for the most vulnerable, and I am thinking particularly in the elderly,” he said.
Na Germanythe temperature should reach 40 °C in some areas.
Forest Fires in Europe
In turn, Turkey pointed out that forest fires were controlled. Fire outbreaks forced the displacement of about 50,000 people at the beginning of the week in the country.
In the region of Catalonia, Spain, a fire on Tuesday (1 °) destroyed several farms and affected an area of about 40 km before being contained, according to authorities.
Strong storms and risk for nuclear plant
Italy, France and Germany warned of the risk of strong storms due to excessive warming in unstable atmospheres.
Violent storms in the French Alps on Monday night (30) caused landslides and interrupted rail traffic between Paris and Milan in Italy.
In addition, the Swiss concessionaire AXPO turned off a reactor of the Beznau nuclear plant and halved the production of another reactor on Tuesday (1 °) due to the high temperature of the river water.
Water is used for cooling and other purposes in nuclear plants, and restrictions should continue while temperatures are monitored.
*With information from Reuters
