(Bloomberg) – Blistering Heat sweeps through southeast Europe this week, starts weather warnings and stressful energy grids.
The high -pressure system is fed in a stream of hot air from North Africa, where it is assumed that temperatures in Tunisia will reach 47 ° C (117 ° C) on Monday. Southern Italy faces high risk of fire, while the maximum in Sicily is expected to hit 43 ° C. The Italian island set 48.8 ° C in 2021.
This June it was the warmest record for Western Europe, with thermal waves reinforced by unusually hot Western Mediterranean. Climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events on the fastest warming continent in the world.
Greece is also stretched under the heat. The Hellenic National Meteorological Service expects that temperatures on the mainland reach up to 43 ° C and the authorities placed Athens and the wider Attica region on a high fire warning. About 70 fires were recorded across the country.
Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastvra convened an emergency meeting on Sunday with the operators of the Earth’s electric network and distribution network to ensure that electricity supply remains stable in the middle of sharp demand. As part of the protection of workers in Greek work, on Monday on Monday, the national stop for outdoor work between noon and 17:00 ordered in several regions.
Heat throughout the area gains support from extremely warm Mediterranean ocean, where temperatures are 4C above normal, data from coastal and prediction systems of the Balearic Islands.
According to the National Forecaster RHMZ, there are also active red heat warning.
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