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Europeans have already been battling the heat This summer, but meteorologists warn that it is going to be even hotter in the next few days.
Comprehensive alert Moderate or high temperature warning have been issued In many countries of Western, Central and even North-Eastern Europe.
weather forecasters in the UK say the country will swing This week in a heat wave that could set a new record for hottest day ever. Temperatures will peak on Thursday, when the mercury could reach 39 Celsius (102.2 Fahrenheit), according to the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service.
According to the Met Office, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK was 38.5 C (101.3 F) in August 2003, recorded in Faversham in South East England.
UK academics have called for heat waves to be named after the hottest day predicted on record, to ensure the public are clearly informed of the associated dangers.
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science said, “The Met Office should be tasked with warning people about the dangers of heat waves, and give names to winter storms to heat waves. ” Science said on Tuesday.
The institute cited data from Public Health England to highlight one estimate 863 “Excessive Death” As a result of three heat wave events last summer, which was hottest on record in england,
“More people have died in the UK from recent heat waves than from storms, so starting to name the two should be moot,” said Bob Ward, the institute’s policy director.
He said: “The government and its agencies, including the Met Office, must lead the way in communicating the growing risks of heatwaves and other effects of climate change, so the British public is better informed and can protect themselves ”
“If the government does not lead on this issue, it also runs the risk of encouraging the media to downplay these risks in their coverage, and this will continue to lead to preventable deaths,” Ward warned.
Amid rising temperatures, London’s Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that it had recovered the body of a man who went missing while swimming with friends in the River Thames in London on Tuesday. The search continued on Wednesday for two other people who went missing on Tuesday evening while swimming in other parts of the Thames.
In France, it is set to be even hotter, with meteorologists predicting a heat wave to peak on Thursday, with temperatures in Paris expected to top 42 C (107.6 F). On Tuesday, the temperature in the southwestern city of Bordeaux reached 41.2 degrees Celsius, a record for the city.
In preparation for intense heat, Météo France, the national weather service, has put 80 of its 96 regions on high alert.
A red alert – the highest level – has been issued in 20 circles; Another 60 are currently on orange alert – the second highest alert level.
“We wanted to alert everyone, and no one is without risk,” said French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn. “Common sense should prevail, everyone should be reassured by the red level that this will affect all 20 zones. This is a health alert for all citizens.”
Buzyn said the government is also encouraging businesses to allow employees to work from home during the heat wave.
French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu previously called for awareness of the high risk of drowning. More than 40 drowning deaths were recorded during the week of the first heatwave peak in late June – an unusually high number “closely related to heat waves”.
The extreme heat forced the EDF power company to shut down two nuclear reactors in southwest France after they exceeded heat limits, according to a company spokesman.
“We do very thorough studies for the environment and we do not want to harm the fauna and flora. This is a precautionary principle,” said an EDF spokesman. “There are large margins to avoid risks.”
France recorded its highest temperature earlier this year on 29 June, which was 45.9 °C (114.62 F) in Gallarges-le-Monteux in the southern department of Gard.
Notre Dame’s chief architect told Reuters on Wednesday that a record-breaking heat wave could threaten the cathedral’s vaulted ceiling, which was devastated by a fire in April.
Meanwhile, in Italy, the country’s health ministry has put 15 regions on high alert as Europe battles its second extreme heat wave of the summer.
“The heat here today is not historic. We expect the heat to be stable until this Friday and the heat is expected to increase slightly,” said a spokesman for Italy’s meteorological service, “(on Saturday and Sunday) it is expected to cool down.” Is.
Further north, Belgium endured its hottest day ever, with the highest temperature ever recorded in the country rising to 102 °F (39.2 °C), according to the national weather service. A record-breaking temperature was recorded in Diepenbeek in the eastern province of Limburg.
The World Meteorological Organization defines a heat wave as a period when temperatures are at least 5 °C above average for five consecutive days.