France exports “unprecedented” heat alerts with the start of a new week of European temperatures

There are a record number of heat alerts throughout France, where the country, and other parts of southern and eastern Europe remain in the grip of high temperatures.

About 84 of 96 of the mainland regions in France – known as departments – are currently under an orange alert – the second highest level in the country. The Minister of Climate in France described it as a “unprecedented” situation.

The heat warnings are also present for parts of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Balkan countries, including Croatia.

Each of Spain and Portugal had more June on the record on the weekend.

EL Granada in Andalucía witnessed a temperature of 46 ° C on Saturday, while 46.6 ° C in the town of Mora was recorded in the center of Portugal on Sunday.

Many countries have emergency medical services to prepare and warn people against staying as much as possible.

Nearly 200 schools have been closed throughout France or partially closed as a result of the heat wave, which has swept parts of Europe for more than a week now but is expected to reach its peak in the middle of the week.

Education Minister Elizabeth Borni said that she is working with regional authorities on the best ways to care for school students or allow parents who can keep their children at home.

Several forest fires erupted in the Southern Corbières mountain range on Sunday, which resulted in the evacuation and closing of a highway. The firefighting authorities on the French media said on Monday since.

Meanwhile, 21 Italian cities are also at higher alert – including Rome, Milan and Venice, as is Sardinia.

Mario Ghawrino, Vice President of the Italian Emergency Medicine Association, told Agence France -Presse news agency that the hospital emergency departments across the country had reported a 10 % increase in heat strokes.

Parts of the United Kingdom You can see one of the most hot June days ever On Monday, with 34C temperatures or possible in some parts of England.

Many Spain, which is registered to register the most important June on the record, are still under heat alerts.

“I cannot sleep well and have insomnia. I also get heat strokes, stop eating and I cannot focus,” Annabel Sanchez, 21, told Reuters in Seville.

It is a similar situation in Portugal, where seven areas, including the capital, Lisbon, are located at the highest level on alert.

Meanwhile, the German meteorological service warned that temperatures may reach approximately 38 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday – that are likely to be record temperatures.

Countries in the Balkans and around them were struggling with the intense heat, although the temperatures began to cool slightly.

In Türkiye, firefighters continue their efforts to put out hundreds of forest fires that have erupted in recent days.

A fire in the Seferihisar area, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of the city of Ezer, is fed with winds and has already destroyed about 20 homes, and some residential areas should have been evacuated.

Forest fires also broke out in Croatia, where there are sharp heat warnings in coastal areas.

The temperatures in Greece approach 40 degrees Celsius for several days and coastal towns near the capital of Athens Last week, it broke out in the fire that destroyed the houses – forcing people to evacuate.

On Wednesday, Serbia has informed its most important day since the start of the records, while a record number 38.8 degrees Celsius was registered in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. In Slovenia, the hottest temperature was recorded in June on Saturday.

The temperature in the capital in northern Macedonia, Skopje, reached 42 ° C on Friday – and is expected to continue in this range.

While the thermal wave is a possible health problem, it also affects the climate. The higher temperatures in the Adriatic are encouraging gas species such as toxic lion thickness, while also causes more tension on the ice rivers that are Actually reduce standard rates.

Although it is difficult to link individual extremist weather to climate change, thermologists have become more common and more dense due to climate change.