HEAT MAP: Large parts of Italy are marked in pink. It indicates that the areas have temperatures above 30 degrees. Next week it will probably be even warmer. Photo: Ventusky
Both vacationing Norwegians and resident southern Europeans have just got through a heat wave. Now they have to steel themselves for one more.
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Several places around the Mediterranean have already had temperatures above 40 degrees this week.
But it will be warmer.
A new heat wave is heading for sun-kissed Norwegians who have booked their holiday to the classic Southern countries.
The heat wave has been named Kharon – ominously named after the ferryman in Greek mythology who was responsible for transporting the dead to the underworld.
Italian authorities have now sounded the alarm in 16 cities, including Rome, Bologna and Florence. The population is advised to avoid direct sunlight as far as possible. Even otherwise healthy people can be at risk because of the heat, say the authorities.
– I have never experienced so much heat before – it is not normal, says Massimo Borgia, who runs a newsstand in Rome to The Guardian.
May approach European heat record
From Monday, the temperature will rise further. According to the Italian media, temperatures can reach 48 degrees in Sicily and Sardinia, where the latter will be next week’s epicenter.
In that case, a new European heat record could be broken. The current record was set on 11 August 2021. Then 48.8 degrees were measured in the Italian city of Floridia.
– The temperatures will reach a peak between 19 and 23 July. Not only in Italy, but also in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans, the Italian meteorologist and climate expert Giulio Betti tells BBC.
COOLING: A man cools off in a fountain during a heat wave in Turin, Italy on Saturday. Photo: TINO ROMANO / EPA / NTBInfo
Hot in Europe
Extreme weather as a result of a warmer climate is becoming the new normal, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is happening against the background of man-made climate change. Last year’s heat waves may have claimed over 60,000 human lives in Europe. It shows and new study. They found an increase in the number of deaths compared to the average for the last 30 years. Italy, Spain and Germany had the most heat-related deaths. June 2023 was the hottest June ever measured, according to the EU’s climate monitoring service. It writes BBCThe broadcaster also writes that the highest temperature ever measured in Europe was 48.8 degrees in Sicily in August 2021. Outside Milan in Italy, a man in his 40s died after collapsing due to the heat this week. In Spain, it is now forbidden to work outside during periods of extreme heat, and they have established cool shelters, writes AP.
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Håkon Mjelstad, meteorologist on duty at the Meteorological Institute, tells VG that the heat probably won’t let up anytime soon.
– The heat waves in the Mediterranean area seem to last well into the month of July – especially in Italy and the countries to the west.
– But we may get the highest peak as early as this week.
HOT: The high temperatures will probably persist until July, according to experts. Photo: Luca Bruno / AP / NTB
– Worrying
Director at the Nansen Centre, Tore Furevik, is not surprised by the development.
– It is as expected that heat records are being set more and more often.
According to the climate scientist, the increased warming is due to El Niño. El Niño. El Niño is a state of unusually high surface temperature in the central and eastern Pacific near the equator. Source: Great Norwegian Lexicon. A weather phenomenon that causes warmer than normal temperatures is simply explained.
– It is certainly cause for concern. I didn’t expect it to get so hot, so quickly, says Furevik.
CLIMATE EXPERT: Director of the Nansen Centre, Tore Furevik. Photo: Hallgeir Vågenes / VG
– Is climate change part of the cause of the heat?
– The probability that we would have these heat waves without climate change is very small. It wouldn’t be as hot as it is now without it.
– You can already see that 2023 will probably be the warmest year on record. 2024 is going to be even hotter.
The specialists in the field, on the other hand, disagree as to whether there will be more long-lasting heat waves in the future.
– Many researchers believe that high pressures high pressures A high pressure is an area where the air pressure is higher than in the surroundings at the same height above sea level. High pressure usually brings good, calm weather, with light winds, but can also be associated with fog. Source: Large Norwegian encyclopedias will be long-lasting, and that the weather system will become more locked in, says Furevik.
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Published: 16.07.23 at 17:20
Updated: 16.07.23 at 18:19
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