‘Hellishly Scorching’ Southern Europe Hits Temperatures as Low as 104F: NPR

ROME – Italy’s state ministry placed 12 cities in the zone of extreme heat on Tuesday, as a flow of hot air from Africa hit southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Which is still in the worst condition. Back.

Croatia reported the highest temperatures ever on the Adriatic Sea, with thermometers in the southern walled city of Dubrovnik, the country’s most popular tourist destination, reaching nearly 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). In Serbia, the Circumstance Energy Company reported intake on Tuesday due to the importance of air-conditioners.

Municipal governments in many cities in the Southern European Union and the Balkans took measures to protect the aging community, notably civil defense teams using water-dropping aircraft such as Canadairs to extinguish wildfires in southern Italy and North Macedonia. Fielded.

“It’s extremely hot,” said Carmen Diaz, a tourist from Madrid who was once trying to cool off with a fan at lunch in Rome. “These fans also help a little, but it’s really hot.”

In Greece, municipalities created wind conditioned areas for the nation. Some methods of outdoor work were banned, such as manual labour, deliveries and construction, during the hottest part of the day when temperatures reached 40 °C.

The temperature in various countries is expected to drop up to 42 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. Spain’s national weather provider said thermometers in the southern Guadalquivir river basin could reach 44 C (111 F) in the coming days.

To beat the heat, Rome Zoo planned to provide animals with popsicles for relief in this afterlife when temperatures were expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius.

For those who have attended Coldplay concert events at Everlasting Town in this life, such bitter treatment has been denied.

“It really feels like we’re in an oven and the hair dryer is pointing at us,” said Patrizia Valerio, who flew to Rome from Varese for the band’s final performance on Tuesday night.

Fellow concert-goer Mattia Rossi was more philosophical, saying that the terrible storms that hit Italy this summer stood as evidence of the havoc being wreaked by state industry on the climate systems of the southern Mediterranean.

Rossi noted, “In my opinion these are all symptoms of a planet that is suffering.”

In Albania, where temperatures were expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius, a 72-year-old man was found dead in his farm in Mamlij, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the capital Tirana and the cause of death is being investigated. To be summer, the native landscape portal reported. Immediate confirmation was refused by the state government.

In Tirana itself, streets and cafes appeared almost empty, with some communities going out and using umbrellas to protect themselves. High temperatures and winds have been fueling wildfires from south to north in recent weeks.

Despite the relatively cool 34 degrees Celsius temperature, Istanbul Municipality issued a heat blackmail on Tuesday prohibiting citizens – especially the elderly, pregnant women, children and people with serious problems – from going outside between 10am and 4pm. It was advised to avoid. The advisory said temperatures in Istanbul were expected to remain 3 to 6 degrees above seasonal norms through July 28 and suggested citizens drink plenty of fluids and wear bright or fashionable clothes.

“It’s usually windy here, like natural air conditioning, so we always come here to cool off,” said pensioner Sami Gunaydin, 62, who was swimming in the Bosporus on Tuesday. “God help those who don’t have air conditioning.”

For the second day on this day, North Macedonia suffered a heatwave with temperatures reaching 42 degrees Celsius. Nearly 200 wildfires have raged across the country since the beginning of the future, with one firefighter injured so far. The federal government has declared a state of emergency for one month.

For Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, it is the second time that temperatures have risen near 40 degrees Celsius, with the Bosnian city of Mostar recording a rise in temperatures for the sixth consecutive hour. Meteorologists said the heat flux is expected to peak on Tuesday and gradually decline until the end of its life.

Romania and neighboring Moldova have also been hit by intense heat over the past few years, with temperatures exceeding 40 C in the two countries’ capitals, Bucharest and Chisinau respectively.

In Italy, the civil coverage provider said it called for 18 backups on Monday to extinguish wildfires burning in several southern regions.

The State Ministry placed 12 cities – from Trieste in the north to Rome in the center – under red alert heat blackmail, the best-case scenario of the heat crisis. In cities under such an ultimatum, everyone – not just the elderly or children – is advised to stay indoors for most of the day and avoid strenuous outdoor exercise and heavy meals.

Palermo, Sicily, was expected to join the list of red-bulletin cities on Wednesday, the state ministry said.

Much of Greece was sweltering in the heat by the end of life, with temperatures estimated to reach 42 °C in some gardens. The heat wave was predicted to increase on Wednesday and Thursday, with areas particularly affected. In central, western and northern Greece, temperatures can reach up to 43 degrees Celsius.

The scorching heat that has been sweeping southern Europe has so far spared Paris, which is set to host the Olympics in this future. The temperature on Tuesday was a relatively cool 22 degrees Celsius, although temperatures were expected to drop again over the coming weekend.