Almost the entire French territory is expected to be affected today and 14 apartments in the south-west of France were put on red alert, as the temperature can reach 42 degrees Celsius locally, according to the meteorological service of the country Météo-France. Yesterday, Friday, previous records for June were already broken in at least 11 communities, with the thermometer showing mainly in Carcassonne, in the south of France, 40.4 degrees Celsius.
This afternoon “it will generally be between 38 and 41 degrees Celsius in the southwestern part of the country, central and the Paris region. Temperatures approaching 42 degrees Celsius are also possible locally in the southern part of the region of Aquitaine (southwestern France). It is also possible that the temperature record will be completely broken “, warns Météo-France in the bulletin issued today.
The multiplication of heat waves in Europe is a direct consequence of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions increase the power, duration and rate of repetition of heat waves, according to scientists. vigilance and in which students were able to stay in their homes yesterday to avoid the heat. In the Haute-Saόνne department in eastern France, 10 students aged 10 and 11 suffered heatstroke on a field near their school in Pinnacle, where the temperature reached 35 degrees Celsius.
55 degrees Celsius in greenhouses in the southwestern part of the country and added “the hospital is obviously saturated, but it meets the needs”.
Public authorities have been particularly vigilant for nearly twenty years, drawing lessons from the historic heatwave of 2003 that killed more than 15,000 people in France, mostly the elderly. Homeless people are also at risk of dehydration.
In Toulouse, in the southwestern part of the country, the Red Cross organizes marathons to distribute cool water. “People on the road are more likely to die in the summer than in the winter,” said Ig Ziegler, 67, a volunteer.
Farmers are also forced to adapt. “I work from dawn until 11:30 and then I can work at night, before nightfall,” said Daniel Tofaloni, 64, a grower near Ellen in southwestern France. In tomato greenhouses, the temperature can reach 55 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, in several apartments in the central part of the country, the risk of fire is considered “very serious”, with an increase in fires in crops in the fields.
Firefighting evacuations in Spain
In Spain, firefighters were still battling wildfires across the country yesterday, which has been hit by an unprecedented heat wave for almost a week./p>
More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from the Pui du Fu amusement park in central Spain due to a large fire near it. The most devastating fire in the country burned nearly 90,000 acres in the Sierra de la Culebra, in northwestern Spain, according to Castile-Leon regional authorities. More than 200 residents of this mountainous area near the border with Portugal have been forced to flee their homes due to the fire.
“More complicated day in terms of weather”, according to them.
A fire that broke out near Baldomar, in the province of Lerida, destroyed about 10,000 acres of forest, according to authorities. In the neighboring region of Aragon, at least 12,000 acres were burned in the municipality of Nonaspe, according to the prefecture.
Drought in Italy
In northern Italy, Lombardy is being prepared to declare a state of emergency due to a record drought that threatens crops and water is already being distributed by bulletin to several cities in the Po Valley. This region, with significant crops, is facing the worst drought in 70 years.
Yesterday, the UN called for “action now” against drought and desertification in order to avoid “human catastrophes”. “It's time to act: every action counts,” said Ibrahim Thiau, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CNULCD), in a press conference in Madrid on the occasion of yesterday 's World Day. and Drought.
