Heatwave in Europe: National Emergency declared in UK; France, Italy ravaged by wildfires
Due to climate change, many European countries are suffering from soaring temperatures and raging wildfires this year.
Zee Media Bureau
| Jul 17, 2022, 13:33 PM IST
To address the high temperatures, the Met Office of the United Kingdom (UK) declared a red warning for extreme heat on Friday for next Monday and Tuesday.
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Wildfires in Spain and France
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Climate change to blame for heatwaves?
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Italy has faced many heatwaves this year
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The British govt held an emergency meeting about rising temp
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Heatwaves will continue to intensify
Robert Vautard of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute at the Sorbonne University informed, "All heat waves studied so far in Europe are getting warmer. As long as greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced to zero, heatwaves will continue to intensify, become more frequent and last longer."
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