Europe heatwave live: Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’; extreme heat warnings for England
Forecasters say hottest conditions spreading into central and eastern Europe While much of Germany is braced for temperatures above 40C today, countries farther east that are more usually on the frontline of the climate crisis are experiencing mild weather conditions for this time of year, writes Helena Smith, the Guardian’s Athens-based correspondent. Unlike huge swathes of western Europe, Greece is neither sweltering nor issuing emergency weather warnings . The mercury was registered at 31C in
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04.43 EDTNearly half of European cities are breaking heat records - researchAnalysis by scientists from the World Weather Attribution group found temperatures in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain were between 5C and 12C above the seasonal average.In a study, the research group also found that in 45% of 854 European cities examined, heat records had been broken or were forecast to be broken. The researchers measured what is known as the wet bulb globe temperature, a metric that combines air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation to estimate how much heat stress people are likely to experience in real-world outdoor conditions.Map of max temperatures across Europe this week. ShareUpdated at 05.30 EDT
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