celsius above the pre industrial levels. and we already know there have been some record breaking extremes across the world. algeria had the hottest night on record in africa. biskra, located in the northeast region of the country, recorded a temperature of 48 degrees celsius. china saw its highest recorded temperature at 52 point 2 degrees celsius. death valley, in the us, endured the hottest night ever recorded globally. phoenix in arizona, set a record with 21 consecutive days and counting above 43.3 degrees celsius. and in europe, rome has smashed its heat record. but alongside the extreme heat, july brought record rain and deadly flooding, including in south korea, japan, china, india and in pakistan. and fire crews are still struggling to put out wildfires on the greek islands of rhodes, corfu and evia as well as on the mainland. other european countries
in the fire near boulos earlier this week two pilots died on the island of evia. what we re witnessing right now in some parts of greece, because, of course, it s not across all of the country nor across all of the island. but what we re witnessing are the consequences of extreme weather, temperatures that have reached 45 degrees celsius on some parts of the island. 19,000 people evacuated on this island alone. that is greece s largest ever evacuation operation. and so when we re talking about extreme weather, the stakes are clearly very high. italy s government has approved new measures to help families and businesses hit by extreme weather events, as the country reels from a fierce storms in the north and a heatwave in the south. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is in calabria, where buildings have been destroyed by wildfires.
continuing to rage. the worst affected areas are the islands of rhodes and evia where the fires have been burning for days. on tuesday two pilots died when their plane crashed as it battled fires on the island of evia. jenny hill reports from rhodes. unrelenting, unforgiving the fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too. it s desperate, dangerous work. this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. a firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. the two pilots on board were killed.