At least 21 countries, from Ireland to Greece, issued heat alerts on Tuesday, according to Meteoalarm, an integration of European national weather services and part of the European Weather Services Network.
Several countries, including the UK, Belgium and Poland, have posted their highest level of warnings, warning of dangerous and life-threatening heat.
Here is the full list of countries with heat-related warnings on Tuesday:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
UK records highest temperature in history
A temperature of over 40°C was provisionally recorded on Tuesday for the first time in Britain, the Met Office said. According to the agency, the temperature of 40.2ºC was recorded at Heathrow at 11:50 am local time.
The UK recorded a temperature of 39.1ºC, provisionally surpassing its previous record of 38.7ºC. The heat record was set in Charlwood, according to the UK Met Office.
Temperatures are expected to rise further on Tuesday, the office said.
Spain and UK suspend railway lines due to high temperatures
The railway administrator Spain RENFE, suspended services between two locations in the northwest of the country on Monday morning (18), due to a fire near the tracks.
Social media footage filmed from inside one of the carriages shows a train stopped with concerned passengers as they find themselves surrounded by flames on either side of the vehicle.
The suspension affects all trains on the Madrid-Galicia route and will remain in effect until further notice from the company.
THE CNN contacted RENFE, but did not receive an immediate response.
The company organized an alternative road route between Zamora station and Sanabria in the Castile and Leon region for passengers whose trains had already left their stations.
“The actions undertaken by RENFE are aimed at maintaining the safety of the service and guaranteeing the integrity of passengers,” he said in a statement.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reported in this that more than 70,000 hectares have been destroyed in Spain because of fires this year.
“70 thousand hectares, to give you an idea, is almost double the average of the last decade. So far, we’ve had 11 major fires this year,” he said.
Nearly the entire country faces fire risk, with many regions now classified as having an “extreme” level of heat, according to Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (AEMET.)
On Monday, Spain faced the eighth of a heat wave lasting more than a week, which has caused more than 510 heat-related deaths, according to the latest figures from the Carlos III Health Institute.
Source: CNN Brasil
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