2 minutes agoEurope faces record temperatures, which is who is most affected
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(2 hours ago)Europeans are experiencing another record heat wave, but not all are being affected to the same degree. A new study by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurofound shows that four out of five Europeans say they have been affected by extreme weather, although the impact varies according to the region.
According to the study, more than 85% of residents in Central and Central Europe have experienced climate-related consequences, ranging from strong heat waves in open environments to unbearable temperatures within the flats.
Their forest fires and smoke are reported from 41% of respondents in Greece, 35% in Portugal and 20% in Cyprus, while the European average is only 8%.
Currently, South Europe is facing large forest fires that have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Because of high risk, authorities have also banned the presence of spectators in a part of the tour de France cycling competition.
On July 3rd, the satellites of Earth's European Observation Programme, Copernicus, recorded a large cloud of smoke moving westward over the Atlantic Ocean as a result of fires involving Portugal's northwest.
Meanwhile, other regions of Europe face different climate risks. About 26% of respondents in Austria and 19% in Slovenia said they were affected by floods, compared to the 11% average in the European Union.
The study points out that the impact of extreme climate events depends not only on geographic location but also on factors such as age, health, income level, housing quality, and communities' ability to adapt to climate change. These factors determine how exposed and vulnerable people are in the face of heat waves, fires or floods, Euronews writes, the Periscope transmission.
