Temperatures reach 46C in Spain as Europe heatwave continues

A heat wave continues to grasp large parts of Europe, authorities in many countries issuing health warnings in the midst of burning temperatures.

The southern Spain is the most affected region, with temperatures in the mid -1940s recorded in Seville and in neighboring regions.

A new heat record for June of 46C was set in the city of El Granado on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service of Spain, which also said that this month would be the hottest in June never recorded.

Red heat warnings are in force in certain parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, with many amber warnings covering the areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

In Barcelona, ​​a woman died after finishing a quarter of work as a road sweeper on Saturday, when the temperatures were very high. Local authorities investigate his death.

In Italy, emergency services across the country have reported an increase in heat blows, mainly affecting “elderly people, cancer patients or homeless,” said Mario Guarino, vice-president of the Italian Emergency Medicine Society, to the AFP news agency.

Hospitals such as the Ospedale Dei Colli in Naples have put in place dedicated heat dissolution to accelerate access to vital treatments such as immersion of cold water.

The city of Bologna to the north has set up seven climatic shelters with air conditioning and drinking water, while Rome offered free access to the city’s swimming pools for those over 70.

A pharmacist from the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, told the news agency in Reuters that, despite having told people “not to go out” during the hottest hours of the day, “we have already had certain cases of heat and burns”.

The serious heat also affected countries through the Western Balkans where temperatures have reached more than 40 ° C.

Serbia has recorded its highest temperature since it started recording them in the 19th century. In Slovenia, the hottest June temperature was recorded on Saturday.

North Macedonia is also stifling while temperatures reached 42C on Friday.

Some areas will continue to become warmer until the middle of the week, temperatures increasing through France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in the coming days.

Yellow and amber alerts are in place for some parts of England this weekend, and temperatures in London could reach 35 ° C on Monday.

The heat was built under a large area of ​​high pressure, with downstream dry air and warming.

As this process continued over several days, temperatures climbed. The high pressure zone will move east in the coming days – taking high temperatures to the north and east with it.

Although it is difficult to connect extreme extreme weather events to climate change, heat waves become more common and more intense due to climate change.

Scientists of the global meteorological allocation, which analyze the influence of climate change on extreme weather events, say the thermal waves of June with three consecutive days above 28C are approximately 10 times more likely to occur now compared to pre-industrial times.

Additional report by BBC Weather, Guy Delauney and Guy Hedgecocoe