Wildfires continue in Greece as EU allies send aid
ATHENS - Europe’s heat is set to intensify as temperatures are forecast to peak at 47 degrees Celsius on Wednesday in the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, while wildfires in Greece continue to rage.
The latest blast of Saharan heat could test Europe’s record of 48.8C, set in Sicily two years ago, after records were broken in Rome and Catalonia on Tuesday.remains very high amid near-gale force winds, while another blaze is destroying forests on the Greek island of Rhodes.his final day of talks in Beijing,Following the hottest ever June, temperature records are being broken from Tokyo and Phoenix to Turpan in China, underscoring the threat posed by fossil fuels to a changing climate.
Firefighters have contained some of the blazes around the Greek capital, but the fires are still burning in the region near Loutraki, a resort 80km west of Athens. The national highway to the town is open again, while the Motor Oil Hellas refinery that’s in the area is no longer under threat. The WMO said that soaring minimum night time temperatures – with parts of Sardinia not dropping below 34C – are putting lives at risk, increasing the chance of heart attacks as the body is unable to recover from the daytime heat.
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