And people are to blame for this climate change, scientists have confirmed.
Record heat has caused hundreds of deaths in recent days, as well as numerous forest fires in Europe and Asia. Scientists warn that human-caused climate change will lead to more frequent, longer and more intense heat waves.
Reuters writes about this.
In Portugal and Greece, as well as along the northern coast of Africa in Algeria, forest fires broke out due to high temperatures.
Hundreds of pilgrims have died due to heat during the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
In The United States also record abnormally high temperatures.
V Serbia Meteorologists predict temperatures of over 40°C this week. Health authorities have declared a red alert and urged people not to go outside.
In neighboring Montenegro authorities are also advising people to stay in the shade until late in the evening.
“New York announced that it will open so-called cooling centers for the first time this year. Temperatures in Arizona are expected to reach 45.5 degrees Celsius in the coming days. At the same time, in the state of New -Mexico as a result of forest fires two people died”,” the material says.
In India, according to local authorities, more than 40 thousand possible cases of heat stroke were recorded between March 1 and June 18 and at least at least 110 confirmed deaths.
V Greece four tourists died due to high temperatures, several more people are considered missing. Authorities declared a heat wave of level three and closed tourist sites in Athens and outside the city, reports the Independent.
The country is experiencing its earliest heat wave. On the northwestern coast of Crete, a high temperature was recorded – the thermometer reached +44.5 °C.
Extreme heat has gripped South and Southeast Asia in recent weeks. More than 100 temperature records were recorded in Vietnam alone, France 24 reports.
The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting released a report showing that Vietnam experienced three waves of high temperatures in April. At the end of the month the mercury column showed 44 °C in two cities.
In the southern province of Dong Nai hundreds of thousands of fish in the reservoir died due to the heat. Now the water there is barely visible under a blanket of dead fish. However, locals also blame the authorities for the extinction of fish.
Meanwhile in Bangladesh and Myanmar temperatures broke April records, and have died from heatstroke in Thailand since the beginning of the year at least 30 people. In addition, high temperatures were partly responsible for the explosion at an ammunition depot in Cambodia.
Cambodia blames heat for explosion at ammunition depot, killing 20 soldiers.
Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines urge the faithful to pray for rain and cooler temperatures after heat forces the government to close tens of thousands of schools
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