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Heatwave Across the Med Sparks Health and Fire Warnings
- On Friday, Southern European countries face a punishing heatwave with temperatures up to 40°C, prompting health warnings and wildfire fears.
- Meteo France identified high Mediterranean sea temperatures, worsened by climate change, as factors intensifying the ongoing heatwave across Southern Europe.
- Authorities across Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Malta issued health warnings, with Albania battling eight wildfires destroying dozens of homes as temperatures rose above 35°C.
- Firefighters said a forest blaze near Athens is under control but fire risk remains high and Italy’s health ministry issued red alerts for 21 cities including Rome, Milan and Venice.
- Climate scientists warn that summer fires fueled by winds, drought, and high temperatures linked to climate change indicate more extreme, prolonged heatwaves in southern Europe.
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The heat wave will become even more intense on the Hexagon, with temperatures approaching 40°C in the south. On a Mediterranean periphery hit by drought, the risk of forest fires is strong. Firefighters call for caution and prepare for a summer that could be complicated. - "A risk always looming": how the heat wave stirs up the danger of forest fires (Weather and weather).
Temperatures above 40 degrees, plus a high forest fire risk: Many countries in Southern Europe are prepared for extreme heat on weekends. Weather experts warn that the heat waves are not only coming more often, but also more and more earlier.
New peaks of heat are expected in part of Europe, especially in Italy, where about 20 large cities are on alert this weekend, and in France, faced with "severe" fire risks in the south-east, a new illustration of the multiplication and intensification of periods of abnormal temperatures.
Meteorologists expect unusually high temperatures for the beginning of summer in Italy, France and Spain on the weekend. Authorities have issued heat warnings in many places. It also gets hot in Germany.
Heatwave across the Mediterranean sparks health and fire
PARIS, France – Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and beyond, prompting health warnings for residents and tourists plus fears of wildfires. The searing heat spreading across the Mediterranean from the Iberian peninsula to the Balkans and Greece comes as climate scientists warn that galloping human-induced climate change is causi…
Southern European countries have been gripped by a heat wave that is expected to persist throughout the weekend, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius and even higher in some places. Numerous health warnings are in place for both residents and tourists, and authorities are also warning of a high fire risk.
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