Balkans | The European Space Agency announced that the continent’s temperature record could be broken

According to data from the European Space Agency (ESA), Europe is expected to be under the influence of extreme heat from this week, while the temperature is expected to reach 48 degrees in Sicily and Sardinia.

The statement issued by the European Space Agency said that Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are facing a heat wave.

In the description, this high pressure area is named after the Italian writer Dante’s depiction of Cerberus, which is set in Hell.

And as a reminder that the highest temperature in European history was measured at 48.8 degrees in the Italian town of Florida last year, it was pointed out that this record could be broken again this year.

The statement stated that the temperature is expected to reach 48 degrees in the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia.

In reference to the already high temperature in regions of Italy such as Rome, Naples, Taranto and Foggia, it was noted that the temperature in the central regions of Spain will exceed 44 degrees next week.

Benjamin Kotz, who works on the European Space Agency’s Earth Surface Temperature Monitoring mission, whose assessments are included in the statement, said the erratic warming of waters (El Nino) in the Pacific Ocean this year had an impact on many areas from climate to food production. , from health to water.

The world’s June was the hottest month in history, rising by 1 degree above values ​​measured in 1976.

In Europe, the winter months of 2022 were recorded as the warmest in history.

The journal Nature Medicine, which includes academic studies in the field of medicine, indicated that 60,000 people died, most of them in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, due to the heat wave that was effective last summer in Europe.

Assessing this situation, the Red Cross called on tourists and citizens to exercise caution, considering that the summer will be hotter.

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