Extreme heat swelters across the northern United States, Europe and Asia

“We sweat like hell”. Tens of millions of people endured a persistent heatwave in the northern hemisphere this Sunday, with extreme temperatures in USA, Europe and Asiain a new illustration of the effects of global warming.

In Europewhere warming progresses twice as fast as the world average, according to experts, several countries have experienced extreme temperatures.

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In Italy16 cities are on red alert, with highs of up to 36 and 37 ºC.

Despite this, some 15,000 pilgrims and tourists, according to the Vatican gendarmerie, gathered in the st peter’s square to attend at midday the traditional Angelus prayer of the Pope Francisco.

The beach of Torre Faro Pilone near Messina on the island of Sicily, full of bathers during a heat wave on July 16, 2023. (Photo by GIOVANNI ISOLINO / AFP) (GIOVANNI ISOLINO /)

among them was Francois Mbembaa 29-year-old Congolese priest, who assured that in Rome “it’s hotter than in africa”.

“The heat lasts until night and it is hard for us to sleep. Dressed in black, we sweat like hell”, he explained.

Heat wave in sight in Spain

Spain was on Sunday at the gates of a new heat wave, brief, yes, after having left behind a suffocating week whose consequences are still being felt on the Canary Island of The Palmwhere a fire this weekend burned some 5,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of 4,000 people.

The same island, off the northwestern coast of Africaalready suffered the devastating consequences of a volcano eruption at the end of 2021.

“I feel helpless watching everything burn, seeing two towns completely evacuated, knowing that there are people who lost everything to the volcano and have rebuilt their lives in the north and are now evacuated again and at risk of losing everything again.he told AFP. Patricia Sanchez37 years old, worker Spanish Red Cross.

Residents have fun at the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park water park during a heat wave in Tucson, Arizona, on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP) (REBECCA NOBLE /)

The Spanish meteorological agency (aemet) issued orange warnings for high temperatures (38 to 42º C) in large areas of the Iberian Peninsula and the balearic islands on Monday, in addition to red warning (extreme danger), also on Monday, in areas of Andalusia and Tuesday in Aragon, Catalonia and Majorca (42 to 44ºC).

In Greecewhere temperatures are expected to drop slightly, the authorities decided that the acropolis of athens it would remain closed this Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local.

California fires

USA does not get rid The country expects a heat wave “extremely dangerous” of California to Texasaccording to him US National Weather Service (NWS).

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“When I only drink water, I get dizzy, I want to vomit because of the heat, I need something else, a Coke, a Gatorade, and cold, to be able to walk well”, Juan, a 28-year-old Mexican construction worker told AFP near houstonin Texas.

In it death ValleyIn California, the thermometer reached 51 ° C and this Sunday up to 54 degrees is expected.

In addition to the high temperatures, southern California is suffering from violent fires that have already burned 1,214 hectares.

To the north of Philadelphiain Pennsylvaniaa brief flood left three dead on Saturday and four people are still missing, firefighters said.

In Canada More than 10 million hectares have already burned this year, a much higher balance than what the country experienced in the past.

The balance remains provisional, with more than 900 active fires throughout the country, of which 570 are out of control, according to the Forest Fire Interservice Center (CIFFC).

rains in asia

In Asiastorms add to the extreme heat.

In Japanthe authorities issued a heat stroke alert in 20 of the country’s 47 prefectures, with temperatures close to 40 degrees.

A man cools off in a public water park at a park in eastern Tokyo on July 16, 2023, as temperatures in the mid-30s Celsius. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (RICHARD A. BROOKS /)

In tokyowhere the temperature reached 36º C, “the mere fact of walking already makes you tired,” he commented Coline Grisona 24-year-old French tourist.

The heat wave It affects the east and southwest of the Japanese archipelago, while others suffer torrential rains that have left at least eight victims in recent days.

In South Korearescuers try to save people trapped in a flooded tunnel.

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Chinain turn, issued several alerts for high temperatures and warned that these could reach maximums of up to 45 degrees in the region of xinjiang (northeast), partially desert, and 39º C in the southern region of Guangxi.

Heat is one of the deadliest weather events, recently recalled the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Last summer, more than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe alone, according to a recent study.

Source: Elcomercio