The United Kingdom on Tuesday provisionally recorded its hottest-ever temperature reading, with the mercury rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time. A temperature of 40.2 C was recorded at London Heathrow shortly before noon GMT, according to the Met Office weather service. The record-breaking day follows the UK’s warmest-ever night, with temperatures in some regions remaining above 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) from Monday to Tuesday, according to the Met Office. The 40 C mark was announced shortly after the day’s first record-breaking reading of 39.1 C was provisionally recorded at Charlwood in the southern Surrey region. The UK’s previous all-time record high of 38.7 C (101.7 F) was set in 2019. Tuesday’s record could be broken again as the day goes on, with temperatures expected to continue rising in the afternoon.
On the other side of English Channel, several towns and cities in France recorded their highest-ever temperatures on Monday. Saint-Brieuc, on the normally temperate coast of Brittany, topped 39.5 C. The western city of Nantes recorded 42 C, beating a decades-old high of 40.3 C set in 1949.
In southwestern France’s Gironde region, two large wildfires raging for a week across dry pine forests have forced the evacuation of 32,000 people. The blazes have already destroyed a total of 190 square kilometers (more than 70 square miles) of forest. Fire officials said strong winds and heat are fanning the flames, despite the deployment of waterbombing aircraft.
Germany’s weather service (DWD) said Tuesday that parts of the country’s west could crack the 40 C mark, putting the all-time temperature record of 41.2 C recorded in 2019 within reach. The DWD said the extreme heat is centered on the Western states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, especially including low-lying areas on the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Areas of Germany have also raised forest fire alert levels. In 10 of Germany’s 16 states, predominately in the south, west and northeast, the highest of five alert stages has been issued. The Bavarian forestry minister has called on the public to be especially careful when walking through forests, warning that even a single cigarette butt can ignite an inferno.
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OK, WE REALLY NEED TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING RIGHT NOW! STOP DESTROYING OUR FOREST, STOP BUILDING FU*KING INDUSTRIES!! AFTER ALL THAT, DO MONEY REALLY WORTH?
It is the time to find solution like making lightshields in the sky to reflect partly sunhine to outer space to protec our life.
Middle east : welp…time for the northern hemesphere to become a desert this time …
The new norm?
Like a fever heating up the body to try and rid it of a virus the planet is going to heat up and rid "its" virus "US"
Climate change deniers curiously quiet, where are you guys now huh? Could use your highly regarded input on this.
Climate Emergency?? More like Climate WARFARE!!!
In india..it's like we have heat wave today and the very next day it will be flash flooding
Kerala, a state in inida our highest was just 38c…can't imagine 40+
I'm living in Japan, close to the Pacific. It rises up to 30c to 35c.
From my childhood, I used to harvest rice in August, when it is the hottest season in Japan. But several days ago when I was harvesting okra, I almost had the heat shock, fingers and foot began to shake in the farm and began having headache. I rushed into my home to cool myself down.
I know many European houses don't have the air conditioner. I imagine so scary, how hot they might feel without it …
Its okay guys, we just pray and everything will be fine. :)))
Europe caliming to be super power and developed not even able to control a flame before spreading
Here you can see who is responsible for over 70% of the emission!
Did the heat only last for a few days cause I check the weather now and Europe doesn’t seem very hot.
question is now you see the problem, what are you guys gonna do about it? I bet nothing.
For all the CO2 Europe has emitted historically and by its action worldwide is not hot enough. Still unfairly cold even at 40C.
Sad and heartbreaking news let’s not mess up with Mother Nature
Climate change is not main issue here only bad land management
Climate Change? Most likely by knuckleheads
Most call it weather, it has always been weather, it is not climate change, there is no such thing, it only exsists in a politicians heads, the earth says otherwise.
Yes, one day must been happend, what talk about many years ago GreenPeace and other scientist. Result of agresive politics Economy Industry Interest… All people will be pay for that, just additional trouble rised, west country have money for change ecology situation current time, but cheaper country these money have not, so I must told you something, we are live on which one living Planet in Universe.. Will be aware…
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And what is the politician doing about it, and if you get your wish will you give the numbers your trillion euro plan will affect global CO2. You think a trillion euros will solve the problem, no, not even 1% on world numbers, and you have maintenance on 10s or thousands of windmills. By time you ended up building the system you would have to start to replace it.
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