Kamini Europe experiencing one of the most extreme heat of the last decades. Victims of the heat is the Francethe Germanythe Italythe Spainthe Portugal and the Britain. The climate crisis shows its “teeth”, with the severe phenomena becoming a daily routine.
The heat sweeps Europe and Italy in Portugal and even in France, mercury either approached or exceeded 42 degrees Celsius. The hottest day of the year is today’s (Tuesday 1.7.25) in Germanywith the temperature reaching up to 38 degrees Celsius in the west and southwest of the country. Tomorrow is expected even warmer.
Their 33.5 ° CThe temperature reached the United Kingdom, making it today on the hottest day of the year so far for the country.
Forecasts show that temperatures may reach up to 34 ° C today, and there is a low chance of reaching 35 ° C.
The ‘Heat Dome’ or otherwise the ‘hot dome’ -As this particular heat phenomenon has been called -it seems that it pounds Europe without mercy. As experts describe, this phenomenon occurs when a high -pressure area remains over an area for days or weeks. In Spain the thermometer recorded 46 degrees Celsius
Thus, the heat is constantly increasing, drying the ground and further raising the temperature, which reached all 46 degrees Celsius.
Climate change is now one of the biggest challenges of our time, dramatically affecting the climate of the planet. Small increases in the average temperature of the Earth lead to extreme and prolonged heat waves, which are becoming more and more intense and often.
According to analysis of the BBChuman activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, release greenhouse gases that trap the heat in the atmosphere as a blanket, worsening the phenomenon.
Even a slight rise to the average temperature of the Earth can lead to a significant increase in extreme temperatures, the analysis notes.
Throughout the Mediterranean, a record temperatures, health warnings and an increased risk of fires dramatically restore the debate on infrastructure durability and the need for immediate measures to protect the population.
Several Italian areas banned outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day, while dozens of schools were closed in France. At the same time, Spain confirmed that last June was the warmest in its history.
Red Alarm in Paris – Close Schools in France
Paris has been put on today in red alarm – The highest. The last time the highest alarm was declared in the French capital was five years ago, from 7 to 12 August 2020.
Due to extreme temperatures have been imposed strict restrictions on car movement, while The top of the Eiffel Tower will remain closed For tourists by Wednesday.
Overall 16 of the 96 French metropolitan apartmentsthat is, the areas bordering the capital and others located mainly southwest of the city, are on a red alarm on Tuesday, with the temperature expected to reach up to 41 ° C.
The red heat alarm is the highest level of health alarm in France (after yellow and orange) and allows the authorities to act and limit certain activities.
It corresponds to an extreme heatwave, rare for its duration, its intensity, its geographical range, which has a serious impact on the health of the whole population.
General recommendation to all: “Don’t go out at the hottest hours of the day (11:00 to 14:00) and try to be in a cool or air -conditioned environment for two to three hours a day.”
After experiencing the hottest night and day ever recorded for June, France will have to expect “the culmination of this episode” with very high temperatures on Tuesday, warned Andrien Barnan, a meteorologist of Météo-France.
Only in areas near the Channel and the Belgian border will the temperature be maintained below 34 ° C.
THE Number of schools that were fully closed or partially launched at 1,350from about 200 on Monday, according to the Ministry of Education. At the same time, the top floor of the Eiffel Tower will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday, with visitors invited to drink plenty of water.
This 50th heatwave wave recorded since 1947, in the 33rd of the 20th century, is attributed to climate change, which increases the intensity and frequency of fuels.
Cause of this heatwave: a large and powerful anti -cyclone that forms a type of cover that traps the air in the lower layers of the atmosphere.
The meteorological service Weather France He warned that on Tuesday temperatures would reach up to 41 degrees Celsius in some areas, with 16 administrative districts set at the maximum alarm level and another 68 at the second highest.
To ItalyCivil Protection issued a red alert for 17 major cities, including Rome and Milan. In Sicily, a 53 -year -old woman with a cardiac history collapsed and died while walking in the city of Bayeria, with local authorities not excluding the possibility of heat stroke.
Spain: Death of a cleaning worker
Spanish authorities are investigating death at the weekend of a Barcelona cleaning workerwhich may have been caused by the heatwave affecting the country, the Spanish city council announced late last night.
The woman, who worked as a street sweeper in the old town of Barcelona on Saturday afternoon, died at her home later in the day, her sister said on the Antena 3 television network.
Her sister said that the 51 -year -old woman, named as a Monsterat, had complained to her colleague that “He felt he died.”
The heat wave reaches its peak this Tuesday. At noon, it is already 37.6 ° C in Céret in the Pyrénées-Orientales, 37.3 ° C in Châteaumeillant in Cher or 35 ° C in Paris! pic.twitter.com/HozlqMkeJS
– Express weather (@meteoexpress) July 1, 2025
Temperatures reached Barcelona on Saturday 30.4 degrees Celsius, according to the Aemet Meteorological Service.
Extreme heat can cause death from heat stroke or exacerbate underlying diseases such as respiratory diseases and cardiovascular disease and among the most vulnerable are the elderly.
The City Council said yesterday that it would investigate the death of the woman.
Last year, there were 2,032 deaths in Spain due to extreme heat, according to the health ministry.
This number remains lower than that recorded in 2022 and 2023.
Furnace and Portugal
OR Portugal recorded New temperature record for Junereaching them 46.6 ° C. On Sunday in Mora, about 100 kilometers east of Lisbon, according to figures published by the National Weather Service today.
The previous record, 44.9 ° C, had been recorded on June 17, 2017 in Alcasser Do Sal, in the southwestern part of the country, reminded the Portuguese Institute of Sea and atmosphere (IPMA). According to the Institute, 37% of meteorological stations recorded temperatures above 40 ° C.
The country, affected by a powerful heatwave scanning Europe, has experienced the weekend “very high” temperatures, with many stations recording temperatures that exceeded previous historical records.
Many areas, including Lisbon, were on a red alarm on Sunday and Monday due to the heat wave.
However, today the country has begun to take a short breath.
Temperatures have dropped, however, eight regions remain in an orange alarm due to the increased risk of forest fires, especially in forest areas of the center and the north.
By noon on Tuesday, authorities had not reported a large active fire front.
Information from BBC, Reuters, AFP