welcome to whether world. what do mexico, estonia, republic of congo have in common? they are all countries that set new temperature record since we were last on here in april. it is what happened in canada, and a week of extreme heat and then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada s highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north west usa as a so called high pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day.
welcome to weather world. first a question what do mexico, finland, hungary, estonia, oman, republic of congo have in common? they are all countries that have set new temperature records since we were last on air in april. but it is what happened in canada in a week of extreme heat then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. this is lytton, filmed by residents fleeing as it burns almost to extinction. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada s highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north west usa as a so called high pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day.
welcome to weather world. first a question what do mexico, finland, hungary, estonia, oman, republic of congo have in common? they are all countries that have set new temperature records since we were last on air in april. but it is what happened in canada in a week of extreme heat then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. the whole village is going. this is lytton, filmed by residents fleeing as it burns almost to extinction. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada s highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north west usa as a so called high pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day.
of the observations that are being used to assess it. welcome to weather world. first a question what do mexico, finland, hungary, estonia, oman, republic of congo have in common? they are all countries that have set new temperature records since we were last on air in april. but it is what happened in canada in a week of extreme heat then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. the whole village is going. this is lytton, filmed by residents fleeing as it burns almost to extinction. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada s highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius,
temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north west usa as a so called high pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day. it is thought the extreme heat was a contributing factor in hundreds of deaths. in the usa, california is suffering another disastrous fire season with the state s second largest fire on record almost completely destroying the town of greenville in august. searing heat in europe too and on the italian island of sicily in august, a reading of 48.8 celsius. if verified, it is europe s highest temperature on record during a heatwave felt throughout the mediterranean.