Europe and the world seem to skip under the impulse of the canic In the new Timelaps animation of the Nasawhich shows the trend of surface temperatures in the last two weeks, from June 16 to 1 July.
The video, made by Global Modeling and Assimilation Office of the US space agency, shows the hot record that crosses the Old Continent Like a red fire wave that then becomes black as ash as temperatures go up with the days.
As well as in Italythe situation also appears particularly critical in the Iberian peninsulaIn the south of Francein Greece and in the region of Balkans.
At least 100 deaths from Saturday from hot record in Spain
At least 100 people died in the first extreme heat wave of the year that began last Saturday in Spain. In six months since the beginning of the year, the Momo system recorded at least 380 deaths attributable to high temperatures in Spain.
In the provinces of Andalusia, such as Cordoba, Seville and Jaen, south of the Iberian peninsula, where the alert is orange level – for important risk – the mercury columns will pass the 42 degrees. While the anomalous heat continues to reap victims, at least 4 in the last 48 hours, AMET provides peaks between 38 ° and 39 ° in the northern region of Castile and Leon, over 40 ° in that central of Castile the tip and in the Madrid community. which maintains the orange alert for the suffocating heat accompanied by strong storms with hailstorms and very strong gusts of wind in the south of the region.
The wave of heat, much above the seasonal averages and unprecedented levels in June, which began last Saturday, also persists in the autonomous communities of Estandura, Cantabria, La Rioja, Asturias and Galicia, on the center-north side of the peninsula. This was supported by the monitoring system of daily mortality for all the causes (Momo) of the country, while the alert for the suffocating heat in 12 of the 17 regions in Spain continues with the notices of extreme temperatures and for locally very strong thunderstorms, informs the Amet state meteorological agency on its web page.
Maxi fire in Crete, tourists and residents on the run
The vast fire that rages from yesterday afternoon in Lasithi, at the eastern end of the island of Crete, forced the firefighters to evacuate hundreds of residents and visitors in the Lasithi area, Agia Photia, Galini. Kathimerini writes it. “The gusts of wind that reach 9 degrees Beaufort constantly create stains and new outbreaks, making the work of the firefighters difficult,” say the police.
According to the president of the hoteliers of Iieraper and south-east of Crete, Giorgos Tzarakis, “about 5,000 people were evacuated, especially foreign visitors”. Hundreds of tourists spent the night in the covered sports field of Ieraper, reports Ert. The flames burned all night agricultural and forest land all night and would also have reached some houses and greenhouses: according to the deputy governor of the Lasithi region, Yannis Androulakis, there are reports of burned properties but the number does not yet know. Giorgos Tsapakos, Deputy Governor of the Civil Protection of Crete, speaking with Ert said that some residents with slight respiratory problems have been transferred to health centers. Tsapakos also said that “the extinguishing operations with air vehicles began” and has been said optimistic about the fact that the situation can improve in the next few hours.
The spokesman for the Greek firefighters, Vasilis Vathrakogiannis, said that firefighters were also sent to the scene, where 230 firefighters with 46 vehicles are employed in all, and ten helicopters.