After Spain and Portugal, France and the United Kingdom are preparing for the arrival of an exceptional heat wave starting today (13), the second in just a month, with temperatures exceeding 35ºC (AFP).
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According to scientists, there is a direct relationship between heat waves and climate change, as greenhouse gas emissions increase their intensity, duration and frequency.
The spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization, Clare Nullis, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), that the heat wave that took place in eastern Europe “mainly affects Spain and Portugal, but is predicted to intensify and spread".
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, China faces extreme weather phenomena in the summer (northern hemisphere) and recorded the heaviest rainfall for a month of June in decades, which forced hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes. In other regions, the heat is suffocating (AFP).
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This Wednesday (13), the central meteorological station in Shanghai recorded a record temperature (40,9ºC at 14:30 pm), reported the National Meteorological Agency.
The heat wave in China has caused deaths and several warnings of possible threats to the agriculture and energy sectors.
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- Heat wave and floods leave more than a dozen dead in China (The Washington Post*).
- In the eastern city of Nanjing, authorities have opened underground bomb shelters for the local population, with their war bunkers equipped with Wi-Fi, books, water dispensers and even microwaves. (The Guardian*).
- The UK could also experience road closures due to melting surfaces, as well as delays to rail and air travel due to extreme heat. (CNN*).
- Um new study explains why Western Europe has suffered from a series of extreme heat waves that are outpacing even the planet's overall warming trend (article published in English) .
Photo at top: VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP
(*) Translated by Google Tradutor
