Global Heat Wave Crisis: Fires in California and Severe Weather in Asia – A New Illustration of Global Warming

2023-07-16 08:07:13

Tens of millions of people are facing a heat wave which persists on Sunday in the northern hemisphere, with violent fires in California but also exceptional bad weather in Asia, a new illustration of global warming.

In the United States, “an oppressive and extremely dangerous heat wave is expected to hit the West this weekend, as well as certain places in the South”, alerted the National Weather Service (NWS). “Multiple temperature records are likely and air quality issues will be common in many parts of the United States,” the NWS said.

Saturday evening, the city of Phoenix, Arizona metropolis in the southwestern United States, recorded 47°C, for the 16th consecutive day of maximums above 43°C. In central and southern California, the thermometer hovered between 41°C and 45°C, according to the NWS. And in the famous Death Valley, it soared to 51°C, while 54°C is expected on Sunday. In Europe, where global warming is progressing at a rate twice as fast as the global average according to experts, several countries are suffering at the start of summer.

35°C in Berlin

In Italy, 16 cities are on red alert on Sunday across the country, with expected temperatures of 36/37°C from Rome to Bologna, before a dreaded peak early next week. The Italian Meteorological Center says it fears “the most intense heat wave of the summer but also one of the most intense of all time”.

Germany is not spared: Saturday, the highest temperatures were measured in the Bavarian city of Möhrendorf-Kleinseebach (37.9 degrees), while the thermometer showed 35°C in Berlin and 34°C in Munich . In Greece, the Acropolis of Athens will remain closed during the hottest hours of the day (between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. local time, or 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. GMT) for the third consecutive day, when temperatures might reach 41°C in the country. . The Greek authorities have urged the population to exercise the utmost caution regarding their movements and warned of the high risk of fires, especially on Sunday when winds of 40 to 60 km / h might blow over the Aegean Sea, according to the ministry. of the climate crisis. As the thermometer climbs, fires are increasing all over the world.

Fires and bad weather

In southern California, firefighters have been fighting since Friday once morest several very violent fires which have ravaged more than 1,214 hectares and led to the evacuation of the population. Other regions of the United States are at risk of severe weather. “Strong to severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding are possible in many locations, particularly and unfortunately in New England, already saturated” by recent rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

In Canada, more than 10 million hectares have already burned this year, a total far greater than anything the country has ever known, according to a report which remains provisional with 906 fires still active on Saturday in the country, including 570 considered outside. control, according to national figures from the Canadian Interagency Wildfire Center (CIFFC). In Asia, bad weather is increasing. In Japan, where the authorities have called on the population to be careful as temperatures are expected to reach 39°C on Sunday and Monday in the east of the country, heavy rains are falling on the country.

On Sunday, a man was found dead in a flooded car in the north of the country. Seven people had also lost their lives last week in the south-west of the country due to bad weather.

In South Korea, rescuers struggle to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel following heavy rains in recent days have left at least 33 people dead and 10 missing, including from landslides. In northern India, relentless monsoon rains are believed to have killed at least 90 people, following scorching heat.

China’s weather services issued several warning messages on Sunday, predicting temperatures that might reach 45°C in the partially desert region of Xinjiang, and 39°C in the southern region of Guangxi. Heat is one of the deadliest weather events, the World Meteorological Organization recently recalled. Last summer, in Europe alone, high temperatures caused more than 60,000 deaths, according to a recent study.

Tens of millions of people are facing a heat wave that persists on Sunday in the northern hemisphere, with violent fires in California but also exceptional bad weather in Asia, a new illustration of global warming. In the United States, “a heat wave overwhelming and extremely dangerous is to hit the West this weekend,…

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