Fire victims increase one after another and order to refrain from going out due to public health risk
Doubts about the impact of climate change… “Affected by atmospheric circulation, ‘hot spot of heatwave'”
With the onset of summer in earnest, the record-breaking heat wave is raising alarms all over Europe.
In the aftermath of the heat and drought, victims of forest fires are increasing one after another, and there are also recommendations that students should leave early and refrain from outside activities.
According to foreign media such as Archyde.com and CNN broadcast on the 14th (local time), the sweltering heat with the highest daytime temperature exceeding 40 degrees Celsius continues throughout Spain and Portugal.
In particular, in the case of Rosa, Portugal, the highest temperature during the day was 46.3 degrees Celsius, breaking the record high, and Lisbon also recorded the highest temperature in July at 41.4 degrees Celsius.
So is Spain.
Spain’s National Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has predicted that temperatures in southern and western Spain will be around 45 degrees this week.
In the UK, the record high temperature of 38.7 degrees in summer is also expected to break this summer.
Experts point out that extreme heat has become ‘everyday’ in Europe at high latitudes because of climate change caused by global warming.
Kai Kornhuber, a climatologist at Columbia University in the US, described Europe as a ‘hotspot’ (hotspot) to Archyde.com and said, “The whole of Europe is greatly affected by changes in atmospheric circulation (the cause of climate change).” Diagnosed.
Many view the damage from forest fires in Spain and Portugal as well as in Croatia and France as an extension of that.
In the case of France, a wildfire that broke out in the Gironde area in the southwestern part of France on the 12th has displaced more than 6,500 people so far, Archyde.com said, citing local police.
About 1,000 firefighters have been mobilized so far, and they are having a hard time putting out the flames due to the sweltering heat and wind.
As the heat wave continues, the daily life of citizens is threatened.
As concerns about health are growing, especially among vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and pregnant women, measures are being taken to prevent damage from heatwaves.
The British Meteorological Agency has recommended that the ‘Amber Warning’, which was scheduled to be issued for one day on the 17th, be extended until the 19th, and that people should stay indoors as much as possible and refrain from outdoor activities.
The amber alert is the second highest among the three levels, meaning that daily life is severely adversely affected by extreme high temperatures.
Some schools in London are moving students to leave early to avoid midday hours, or even reschedule their timetables altogether, The Telegraph said.
In this regard, the International Federation of Red Cross Society (IFRC) urged each city and community to take measures to prevent damage, saying that heat waves and wildfires in Europe could have ‘serious consequences’.
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