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Satellite image shows Southern Europe's land and sea experiencing extreme heat
- On June 29, 2025, a satellite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission revealed intense heatwave conditions affecting Europe and the Mediterranean area.
- This heatwave resulted from a persistent heat dome, a high-pressure system trapping hot air, combined with climate change accelerating seasonal extremes.
- Temperature records broken include 46.6°C in Mora, Portugal, 46°C in El Granado, Spain, and 38.3°C in Carinthia, Austria, where the longest June heatwave was also recorded.
- Exposure to extreme heat strained health systems, caused at least two deaths, led to school closures in France, and forced evacuations from wildfires near Athens.
- Authorities urged protective measures against heatstroke, highlighted risks to public health and emergency services, and warned the increase in such events reflects the new normal of global warming.
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Mallorca beats the heat
The heat in Mallorca has become impossible to ignore – with temperatures rising up to 38 degrees in the shade in the interior of the island, the summer is gearing up to be an absolute scorcher. Even the Mediterranean Sea is warming up; on the last day of June, the Sa Dragonera buoy, a device that measures the temperature of the ocean off the coast of Mallorca, detected the sea reaching 30.55… Source
Satellite image shows Southern Europe's land and sea experiencing extreme heat
A powerful heat wave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe and North Africa, pushing air temperatures beyond seasonal norms and triggering widespread health and wildfire alerts. Among the hardest-hit countries are Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Algeria.
Yle reached out to Finns vacationing in the heat of Southern Europe. An expert warns that the heat wave could cause thousands of heat-related deaths in the coming days.
Extreme heat and wildfires surge across southern Europe as temperatures break records
A punishing heat wave swept across southern Europe this weekend, forcing evacuations in Greece and pushing several countries into emergency wildfire alerts as temperatures soared past 104 degrees Fahrenheit.Giada Zampano reports for The Associated Press.In short:Portugal placed two-thirds of the country on high alert, with temperatures expected to reach 107°F in Lisbon and wildfire risks escalating.Italy’s health ministry issued maximum heat war…
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