Europe Bakes as Early Summer Heat Wave Drive Temperatures Above 40°C – The Energy Mix
With temperatures rising into the 40s, many parts of Spain are
reporting an “extreme risk” of forest fires, while in France (Paris saw
34°C this week), officials are working hard to avoid a repeat of the
devastating August, 2003 heat wave which took the lives of almost 15,000
people, most of them elderly. This time around, the response includes
municipal “cool rooms” and night-time pool hours.
reporting an “extreme risk” of forest fires, while in France (Paris saw
34°C this week), officials are working hard to avoid a repeat of the
devastating August, 2003 heat wave which took the lives of almost 15,000
people, most of them elderly. This time around, the response includes
municipal “cool rooms” and night-time pool hours.
What makes this heat wave particularly unusual for the French,
Emmanuel Demaël of Météo-France told The Guardian, is its early timing:
‘we haven’t seen this since 1947,” he said.
In Italy, daytime temperatures cresting as high as 40°C from Milan to
Rome have left “the health ministry suggesting army doctors may be
needed to counter a shortage of medics.”