Record temperatures return to Europe this Sunday and it is expected that European thermometers will once again pass the 40 ºC mark this week.
A intense wave of decliner is affecting much of Europe, with record temperatures and extreme conditions. In fact we have already seen how torrential rains this weekend They have even left a city incommunicado in Swiss.
This summer is expected to be one of the hottest on record, in fact in areas like Greece has been seen a drastic increase in average temperature In recent years, what gives rise to increase the chances of fires.
Origin of the European heat wave
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this heat wave comes from North Africa and makes its way through the Mediterranean to the coasts of European countries.
To this we must add a low pressure system in the Atlantic, between the Azores and Madeira, it is driving the warm front towards western Europe.
They wait temperatures that touch 40 degrees Celsius in many European regions at the beginning of this week.
Impact and consequences of this new wave
The main consequence is that countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands have registered so far this year historical temperature marks. In the United Kingdom, 40.3 °C was reached, a figure never seen before. In Serbia, a maximum temperature of between 35 and 40 ºC is expected at the weekend.
In Bucharest many tourists will escape to the coast to escape the heat. In the coastal area the temperature drops by 10 ºC and the sea breeze makes the heat more bearable.
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Los forest fires In France, Portugal, Spain and Greece they have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
Added to this is the possible lack of water what we have already seen in Barcelona or, for example in Capri, in Italy, even having tourist access limitations.
In Spain we already have temperatures that exceed 35 ºC and it is expected to reach 38 ºC in regions such as Andalusia this week. Summer is here to stay.
Obvious signs of climate change
He global warming It is the underlying cause of these increasingly frequent and intense heat waves. Cracks have been detected in glaciers and even the point of no return in the Austrian glaciersin 45 years they will have completely disappeared.
