Britain will be warmer than the Caribbean today, as record temperatures forecast in France continue to fuel the fires. It is red alert for western France, but also for Great Britain where the Met office has issued a “ red alert ” for temperatures that could be life-threatening. It is the first time this has happened, as for the first time ever in the history of Great Britain the thermometer could touch 40 degrees centigrade in the south today and tomorrow. The highest temperature ever reached in the UK was 38.7 degrees Celsius in 2019 in Cambridge. The Met Office predicted that London could see peaks of 38 degrees Celsius today. Which means, Sky News notes, that the British capital will be warmer than Nassau in the Bahamas (32 ° C), Kingston in Jamaica (33 ° C), Malaga in Spain (28 ° C), Athens in Greece (35 ° C). C), Albufeira in Portugal (28 ° C) and Dakhla, in Western Sahara. British railway companies recommend traveling only as needed, bringing water and travel fans with you.
In France, 15 departments have been put on high alert by meteorologists for forecasting extreme temperatures, including the Gironde in the southwest. Here 13,000 hectares have been destroyed and 16,200 tourists have been forced to evacuate, as reported by the firefighters. The worst situation is 40 kilometers from Bordeaux, where firefighters are unable to put out a fire that has been raging for days and is fueled by strong winds. Thousands of people were evacuated today, due to temperatures exceeding 40 degrees centigrade in some French regions. In the Landes forest, in the southwestern region of Aquitaine, temperatures would be above 42 degrees Celsius, according to meteorologist Olivier Proust. Brittany could also record temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius according to experts, a record for the region.
In Spain, authorities have reported about 20 fires that are still not under control in different parts of the country, from the south to Galicia in the far north-west. Here the flames destroyed about 4,500 hectares of land. The latest victim of the fires in Spain is a firefighter who died last night from burns while trying to put out the flames in the province of Zamore in the north-west of the country. This was stated by the regional government. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his ” condolences and affection ” to the victim’s family and colleagues saying on Twitter that ” there are no words to thank those who fight the fires relentlessly and for their immense work ” ‘. Today Sanchez will be in the eastern region of Extremadura, hit hard by the fires that have been raging for days. Meanwhile, firefighters managed to put out a fire that broke out on Friday in the Mijas mountain range and devastated 2,000 hectares of woods and bushes in the southern region of Andalusia, regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno said. Three thousand people have been evacuated due to the flames, but about two thousand have now been able to return home.
Record heat and maximum alert for fires also in Portugal, where they reached 47 degrees centigrade, a record for the month of July. Temperatures are now slightly dropping and only one major fire continues to burn in the north of the country. In Portugal the fires killed two people, injured about 60 and destroyed between 12 thousand and 15 thousand hectares of land. Abnormal and excessively high temperatures are also expected in the Netherlands. For tomorrow, meteorologists predict that the thermometer will touch 38 degrees centigrade in some areas. Due to the forecast of extreme heat, the organizers of a four-day walk in the Netherlands decided to cancel the mass event that would start tomorrow.
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