Phoenix, Arizona breaks record for longest heat wave
Phoenix records record high temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher for 19 days in a row
Rome, Italy recorded highest temperature ever recorded at 41.8 degrees Celsius
Heatwaves and forest fires in Spain and Greece are also extreme
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Phoenix, Arizona, recorded the longest heatwave ever recorded while a heatwave continued for nearly a month in the southern United States.
Europe is also struggling with heat all over the world, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees every day, and experts are warning that such heatwaves can cause human damage.
This is reporter Kim Jin-ho’s report.
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Signs on roads in Phoenix, Arizona, show temperatures in excess of 110 degrees Fahrenheit and 43 degrees Celsius.
This heatwave continued and eventually broke the record.
[케이시 제이콥스 / 애리조나대학 : 피닉스에서 19일 연속으로 화씨 110도가 넘는 날씨가 계속되고 있습니다. 누구도 깨고 싶지 않은 기록입니다.]
It broke the record for the highest temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher for 18 consecutive days in 1974, about 50 years ago, and lasted the longest heatwave on record.
[아밋 바고지 / 피닉스 방문객 : 마치 오븐 문을 열었을 때 느껴지는 열기와 같은 느낌입니다. 바로 그 느낌입니다.]
Southern Europe, including Italy, is also boiling.
On the 18th local time, the highest temperature in Rome, the capital of Italy, was 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature ever observed in Rome.
Heatwaves are also sweeping Spain and Greece, and forest fires are also extreme.
The problem is that there are even predictions that the heat wave sweeping the northern hemisphere will become more extreme this week.
It is pointed out that there may be human damage due to heat wave.
[존 네언 / 세계기상기구 선임 폭염 자문관 : 반복되는 높은 야간 기온은 신체가 지속적인 열로부터 회복할 수 없기 때문에 건강에 특히 위험합니다. 이로 인해 심장 마비 및 사망 사례가 증가합니다.]
Experts say heat waves are one of the deadliest natural disasters, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year from heat-related illnesses.
This is YTN Kim Jin-ho.
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2023-07-19 04:35:00
