The extreme heat that hit Southern Europe over recent days has surged north, shattering records and for many bringing normal life to a standstill
Tens of millions of people in Europe are suffering through the continent’s worst heatwave, which shattered records and sparked fires across the south before striking France, Germany and the United Kingdom where a national emergency has been declared.
Temperatures surged above 40 degrees in parts of Germany and France, while Wales’ temperature record was broken twice in one day, reaching 37.1 degrees on Monday. “Evidently, climate change kills,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez while visiting one fire zone, the BBC reported. “It kills people, kills our ecosystem, the biodiversity.”
The meeting was overshadowed by a gas shortage caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has forced some European nations to resume burning coal for energy, prompting increased emissions.
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