Provided by Esgi Erkoyun and Dominique Vidalon
Istanbul/Paris (Reuters) -Gesto fighters on Monday fought against fires in Turkey and France as the early wave of heat struck the region.
In Turkey, the fires on the second day in the western province of Ismir, caused by strong winds, said Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli, forcing four villages and two neighborhoods to evacuate.
Media footage showed teams using tractors with water trailers and helicopters transporting water because of smoke over the hills marked with burnt trees.
The Turkish coastal regions have devastated fires in recent years, as summer has become hotter and drier, which, according to scientists, is the result of human -induced climate change.
In France, where temperatures are expected to reach Tuesday and Wednesday, fires in the Southwest Aude Department on Sunday, where the temperature exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), burning 400 ha and the evacuation of the campground and Abet, said the authorities and local media.
The fires were controlled but not yet back, the authorities said Monday.
The weather service, Meteo France, has provided a record of 84 out of 101 departments of the country to the Orange heat wave from Monday to mid -week. About 200 schools will be closed at least partially over the next three days due to heat, the Ministry of Education said.
The heat wave affects the Rhine’s shipping
The heat wave reduced the water level in the German Rhine River by obstructing the transport of transport and cargo costs to raise cargo, merchants said.
Rhine is an important way to transport goods such as grains, minerals and oil products. The forecasters said the Cologne is 40 ° C.
In Seville, southern Spain, where world leaders gathered for the United Nations Conference, the temperature is expected to reach 42 C.
Tourists tried to cope with heat. “It is really difficult at this time,” said Mehrzad Joussefi from the Netherlands.
Spain goes to its hottest June, said Aemet National Meteorological Service.
Most of the country remains alert for heat, and Aeemet predicts the top of the Heatwave Monday.
“Over the next few days, at least until Thursday, intensive heat will continue most of Spain,” said Ruben del Campo, an air agency spokesman.
The Italian Ministry of Health has released Heatwave Red Alerts for 21 cities, including Rome and Milan. Weather Forecast Ilmeteo website. It said Monday’s temperature in Florence would increase by as much as 41 C, 38 C in Bologna and 37 C in Perugin.
The Lombardy region, located in the northern industrial heart, plans to ban the open -air work in the hottest times of the day, paying attention to the trade union request, its president said Monday.
Heat can affect health in many ways, and experts are most concerned with the elderly and babies, as well as for outdoor workers and people who suffer economically.
Extreme Heat, worldwide, kills up to 480,000 people every year, exceeding the total fee for floods, earthquakes and hurricanes and increasing the risks to infrastructure, economic and health care systems, SWISS RE was said earlier this month.
The global surface temperature last month was 1.4 C above 1850-1900. During the Promindustrial period, when people began to burn fossil fuel on an industrial scale, the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said earlier this month.
Scientists say that the main cause of climate change is the discharge of greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels. Last year was the hottest planet.
(Additional Emma Pinedo Reports in Madrid and Alvae Arminelli in Rome; Ingrid Mepers Writing; Edited by Janet Lawrence)