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From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is scorching Europe

2025-06-28 00:02:46Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is
Fires in Greece

A deadly “heat dome” has descended on Europe, with one tourist dead, fires melting roads in Italy and temperatures in Spain expected to reach 47 degrees Celsius this weekend. Authorities in Greece evacuated homes and sent in water-bombing planes as 130 firefighters battled blazes that broke out south of Athens on Friday.

They also banned outdoor activities for construction and delivery staff from 9am to 2pm (GMT), and advised against unnecessary travel. Workers had the option of switching to remote work to avoid potential heat exhaustion, while air-conditioned spaces were provided for the elderly.

A tourist has died from heatstroke on the Spanish island of Mallorca and experts are warning Spaniards and holidaymakers to stay indoors. The 34-year-old Dutchman was hiking with friends near Soller when he collapsed.

From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is

Climate change has caused rising summer temperatures and extreme weather that now break records almost every year in Europe. The Mediterranean's high temperatures will be exacerbated by a meteorological phenomenon known as a heat dome - an area of ​​high pressure that compresses hot air in the atmosphere and causes heat waves.

Britain is bracing for maximum temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius and a "surge in deaths" on what could be the hottest June day ever recorded during the Glastonbury music festival, where controversial Irish rappers Kneecap and veteran rocker Sir Rod Stewart will perform.

The UK's Health Security Agency has issued a yellow alert covering all of England, warning vulnerable people of health risks, including "a rise in deaths", as the UK braces for the highest temperatures in three years.

From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is

Wimbledon is set for a scorching start, with London bracing for a scorching heatwave that is expected to peak when play begins at the All England Club on Monday. Monday's expected heatwave could even surpass the tournament record of 35.7C set in 2015, when court temperatures were significantly higher.

The Wimbledon match rule is likely to come into effect, allowing a 10-minute break in play when the wet-globe temperature is at or above 30.1 degrees Celsius.

A red alert was issued for 21 Italian cities, including Rome and Venice, where celebrities such as Sydney Sweeney, Ivanka Trump and Kim Kardashian attended the wedding of Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon.

In Venice, temperatures were forecast to reach 32 degrees Celsius on Saturday, when Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are expected to host a dance party with Lady Gaga, but the temperature will feel like 36 degrees Celsius due to the humidity. In Florence, which was on red alert on Friday, temperatures are forecast to reach 37 degrees Celsius on Saturday, while they will go up to 36 degrees Celsius on Sunday in Rome, Milan and Naples.

People were advised not to go outside between 11:00 and 18:00 and to seek shelter in air-conditioned public places. Local media reported that a motorway in northern Italy was forced to close due to temperatures that had caused roads to melt.

Spain is bracing for what could be its most extreme heatwave of the year, with a heatwave from Africa threatening to push temperatures to 47 degrees Celsius this weekend. Emergency medical staff are bracing for an expected increase in heatstroke cases, especially among vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly and people with chronic illnesses.

From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is

In neighboring Portugal, the national meteorological agency said a heatwave would hit from Saturday, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius in the south of the country, as well as in the central Tagus and Douro valleys in the north. Sunday would be even hotter, the agency added, and two-thirds of the country was already on an orange alert. Temperatures were expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius in the capital Lisbon.

This has raised fears of forest fires, with the highest risk of fires in the interior of the northern half of Portugal, as well as on the Algarve coast, popular with holidaymakers in the south. In Greece, twelve water planes and 12 helicopters were providing air support to 130 firefighters, supported by volunteer firefighters in the coastal area of ​​Palaia Fokaia south of Athens. A coastguard fireboat extinguished the flames from the sea.

The fire, which reportedly broke out in a populated area, was fanned by strong winds that frequently changed direction, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Television footage showed at least one house burning. Firefighters said on Friday the situation was under control, but warned that scorching temperatures were keeping the fire risk high around the capital and on the northern Aegean islands.

From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is

Fields, olive groves and some homes were destroyed by the blazes around Athens, which followed another blaze on Greece's fifth-largest island, Chios, that destroyed more than 10,000 hectares of land in four days. Across the Adriatic, authorities in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia also issued health warnings, while in Albania, firefighters battled to bring at least eight blazes under control on Thursday after flames destroyed dozens of homes in the south of the country last weekend.

In stark contrast to the scorching heat across the Mediterranean, France and Germany were hit by deadly floods and storms that turned roads into rivers and flooded parts of the Paris metro.

From Italy and Spain to Greece and Albania: A “Heat Dome” is

Three people have died in the storms, including a child who was crushed to death by a falling tree. France has been gripped by its 50th national heatwave since 1947 for more than a week.

Four regions in southern France were placed under an orange alert on Friday — the second highest warning — as temperatures were expected to reach 35 to 38 degrees Celsius locally and up to 39 degrees Celsius inland. The Meteo France weather agency said sea surface temperatures from the Mediterranean were an “aggravating factor” that could make nights “more stifling.”

Across the Atlantic, tens of millions of people have already been bracing for a scorching heat wave in what the National Weather Service has called an “extremely dangerous” heat wave across the eastern United States, including New York and Washington. On Tuesday, temperatures in Central Park reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2 degrees Celsius), the hottest recorded there since July 18, 2012. /The Telegraph.

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