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Even the airport runway was twisted by the extreme heat wave that hit Europe.
This is because the surface might not withstand the heat and melted.
In South America, on the other hand, heavy snowfall has at one time stranded more than 400 people.
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All aircraft at the airport have stopped.
The runway is under renovation.
This is because the hot air melted the surface and twisted the runway.
The next day, on the 19th, the highest daytime temperature in the UK exceeded 40 degrees for the first time in the history of meteorological observations, and in London, the number of emergency calls due to heat illness increased tenfold compared to the previous week.
“It’s especially fatal for the elderly and people with heart and lung disease. Unusually high temperatures affect everyone.”
In China, heat wave red warnings have been issued for 84 cities, and in Chongqing, in the midwest, tar from a museum tile melted and one roof collapsed.
In Texas, USA, the ground moved due to high temperature and drought, and there were many accidents in which water pipes buried in the ground ruptured.
While the northern hemisphere is suffering from heatwave, in South America, which is in the middle of winter, roads are paralyzed by heavy snow.
On the 10th, a blizzard struck the Andes Mountains near Argentina and Chile, stopping the border road connecting the two countries.
In some places, there was more than 1m of snow, so regarding 250 trucks and tour buses might not move, and at one time, 400 people were stranded.
It took regarding two weeks for the vehicle operation to return to normal.
“The road was cut off because of the snowstorm. I had to go to Chile for work, but I mightn’t. I haven’t been able to work for five days.”
Local media reported that the snow removal work seems to have been delayed because some sections of the road are high enough to exceed 3,000 meters above sea level and the terrain itself is winding.
This is Yonhap News TV’s Bang Joo-hee.
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