As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before?
china is experiencing a heatwave, too, with temperatures above a0 degrees in the north, in xin jiang. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, sent this report from murcia in spain, one of the hottest places in europe. wildfires continued to rage in greece today. firefighters struggled to contain them, as high winds fanned the flames, and italy has been continuing to feel the heat, too, with temperatures into the 405, and 20 cities with temperatures into the 405, and 20 cities now on heatwave alert. it turns out rain isn t the only weather that can take the sheen off your special day. irani and her colleague pedro look after homeless people in the southern spanish city of murcia. it could be really serious, because it s not only feeling sick, but also it can bring you to death. they work out on the street, checking people are coping with the heat.
china is experiencing a heat wave as well. china is experiencing a heat wave as well. and there s also a heatwave in asia with temperatures above a0 degrees in the north, in xinjiang. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, joins us from murcia in spain, one of the hottest places in europe. yes, it really has been another exceedingly hot day here and, as you say, this is the second blistering heat wave to hit the region in as many weeks, injust heat wave to hit the region in as many weeks, in just two weeks. as well as taking its toll on people, it is also taking its toll on the environment, drying out vegetation and making the whole region vulnerable to fire. wildfires continued to rage in greece today. firefighters struggled to contain them, as high winds fanned the flames. and italy has been continuing to feel the heat too, with temperatures into the 40s and 20 cities now on heatwave alert. it turns out rain isn t the only weather that can take that sheen
that s over 114 degrees farenheit. there are currently red alerts in place for 20 major italian cities. across the atlantic at midnight last night, the temperature china is experiencing a heatwave too, with temperatures above a0 degrees in the north, in xinjiang. but other parts of asia including taiwan and southern vietnam have been battered by torrential rain.0ur climate by torrential rain. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, sent this report from moorthiuh in spain one of the hottest places in europe. wildfires continued to rage in greece today. firefighters struggled to contain them, as high winds fanned the flames. and italy has been continuing to feel the heat too, with temperatures into the 40s and 20 cities now on heatwave alert. it turns out rain isn t the only weather that can take that sheen off your special day. irani and her colleague pedro look after homeless people in the southern spanish
Extreme weather events, including floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, are occurring worldwide due to climate change. El Nino is exacerbating the situation.