The brutal temperatures sweeping southern Europe over the past days are part of a series of ferociously hot, dry summers caused by climate change.
The Milano Brera weather station recorded an average 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, the highest since it started registering temperatures in 1763.city's previous record, of 91 degrees, was set in 2003, when a killer heat wave left more than 70,000 people across Europe dead.
Emissions of greenhouse gases are enabling increasingly intense and long-lasting heat waves, especially in Europe, which the World Meteorological Organization says is the world's fastest-warming continent. This summer, Spain has been sweltering under its fourth heat wave of the season, while Greece is struggling for the second time in a month against major wildfires.
The sizzling temperatures experienced by several countries in southern Europe over the past days are part of a series of ferociouslyHeat waves are among the deadliest natural hazards, with hundreds of thousands of people dying from preventable heat-related causes each year.© 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.
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