The temperatures in the northern hemisphere increase every day and both Europe like Asia and United States they are going through a unprecedented heat wave. Many countries are breaking records for extreme temperatures such as China that reached a maximum of 52.2 ° in Xinjiang and Iran recorded an extreme wind chill of 66.7°.
This phenomenon occurred on Sunday at 12:30 noon in the Persian Gulf International Airport from a combination between the temperature of 40° and the extremely high humidity of the waters of the gulf.
“Those are intolerable conditions for human and animal lifeAmerican meteorologist and scientist Colin McCarthy said on Twitter.
Anyway, the 66.7° thermal is still far from the maximum recorded in the Persian Gulf. On July 8, 2003 he made 81° in Saudi Arabia.
Heat wave in the United States and Europe
Southeast Asia is not the only northern region suffering from the heat wave. In United States and Europe there were wildfires out of control and power outages. The World Meteorological Organization assured that these events highlight the need to take urgent action against climate change.
This Wednesday, the State Meteorological Agency of Spain reported that the water temperature on its coasts reached an all-time high for this time. The mean was 24.6° in mid-July, about 2.2° more than usual for the season.
In Italy, the island of Sardinia recorded maximums of up to 46° Celsius during Tuesday afternoon. This region could break a European temperature record if will exceed 48.8° that were recorded there in 2021, the WMO warned.
WMO Secretary Petteri Taalas stressed that extreme weather events “have repercussions on human health, ecosystems, the economy, agriculture, energy and water supply. This underscores the growing urgency to reduce greenhouse emissions.”
The WHO warned of the danger of extreme temperatures
In this context of heat waves around the world, the World Health Organization called on governments and local authorities to establish a robust surveillance system of people most at risk of suffering from severe heat wave symptoms that devastates the northern hemisphere.
People with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and diabetes, as well as pregnant women, children and the homeless, are considered the most vulnerable to the heat waves that have swept across parts of Europe, Asia and the United States this week.
“We are very concerned about the most vulnerable. And it’s clear that heat waves can exacerbate all those pre-existing illnessesMaria Neira, director of the WHO’s department of public health, environment and social determinants of health, told reporters on Wednesday.
Although the meteorological phenomenon of The boy was considered the cause of this year’s heat wave, global warming further exacerbated the problemcausing erratic weather patterns around the world.
Source: Ambito
