2 minutes agoRecord temperatures in Europe
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The celebrations of Bayonne, one of the largest festivals in Europe, were opened with caution from the burning heat that has occupied the country yesterday in other parts of Europe. By Sunday, 800 thousand to one million people are expected to wear in the colors of this huge, white and red festival, while [...]
By Sunday, 800 thousand to one million people are expected to wear in the colors of this huge, white and red holiday, while diving in all kinds of sports and cultural events, concerts, parades and gastronomic competitions.
But high temperatures remain a concern for organisers; even more the fall of the evening Wednesday, when the city's keys were symbolically handed over for the opening of 5 days of celebrations, the thermometer scored 30 degrees Celsius, reports the TCH.
Similar situations are experiencing other parts of the old continent. In Belgium, a new temperature record was marked a day earlier, while accounts with a scorching wave are making all of Western Europe.
In France five deaths may be related to heat; Wednesday, Paris saw the highest temperature since 1947 to 40.4 degrees Celsius.
New records are also noted in the Netherlands, at red alert is Luxembourg, where temperatures are expected to reach 42 degrees, while a scorching heat is also in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Poland and Germany.
