Due to the records of the heat that affect Europe, Italy has banned work outdoors in several regions during the warmest hours of the day. France closed nearly 1900 schools and part of the Eiffel Tower due to high temperatures that reached 41 degrees Celsius in some places.
Today, Spain confirmed the warmest June since the beginning of the measurement, with an average 23.6 degree temperature.
Italian unions linked the death of a construction worker near Bologna with extremely high temperatures, while authorities of Barcelona investigate the suspicious circumstances of the death of the streets of the streets over the weekend.
At the same time, Turkey is struggling with forest fires who forced about the evacuation of about 50 thousand people in the regions of Izmir, Manisa and Hatay.
Europe is heated twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to the European Meteorological Service, Copernic. Extreme heats that are otherwise common later during the summer, now begin earlier and last longer.
The Mediterranean sea in the Spanish coast reached a record temperature of 30 degrees, which additionally raises temperatures and on the mainland.
Due to the heat, in the southern Spanish city, Malagi Red Cross opened air-conditioned shelters, while the inhabitants move to the ski slopes to avoid heat in cities.
Globally, extreme temperatures annually cause about 480 thousand deaths, which is more than the number of victims of natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes, warns the SWISS RE agency.
(Vijesti.ba)
