“For the first time we exceeded 40 ° C in the United Kingdom”, in the heathrow airport in the west of LondonThe Met Office said. The previous heat record dating from 2019 had been broken a few hours earlier, with 39.1 °C in the south of the capital.
This is the second heat wave in Europe in just one month. Its increase is, according to scientists, a direct consequence of the climate crisissince the emissions of greenhouse gases increase in intensity, duration, and frequency.
Breaking record after record in the UK
Already on Monday the temperature rose in the east of England up to 38.1 ° C, the third highest in the history of the country, which that day experienced its hottest night, according to the weather service. In some places the mercury did not drop below 25ºC.
The UK health and safety agency issued its first red alertwarning that the heat is a risk even for the young and people in good health.
The government of the resigned Boris Johnson was accused of not taking the phenomenon seriously after the prime minister skipped an emergency meeting on the heat wave on Sunday and attended a farewell party instead.
The doctors, for their part, condemned comments made by the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raabwhich called on the British to “enjoy the sun”.
To protest against the treatment that some conservative media are giving to the heat wave, environmentalists from the group Extinction Rebellion (XR) they broke this Tuesday windows of the offices of News UKwhich publishes the newspapers The Sun Y The Times.
The heat wave seemed to move to northern Europe on Tuesday, where Netherlands they could register 39°C, approaching their national record (40.7 degrees in 2019).
In BelgiumMajor museums were offering free admission Tuesday to those over 65 so they can escape the heat.
Temperatures were also expected to reach 40ºC in the west of Germanywhere the fear of droughts led farmers’ association president Henning Christ to warn of “major losses” in food production.
About half of the territory of the European Union is currently under risk of drought due to prolonged lack of rain. This makes countries like France, Romania, Spain, Portugal and Italy run the risk of seeing their agricultural yields reduced, warned the European Commission.
Source: Ambito
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