Italy's Milan Records Hottest Day In 260 Years As Europe Sizzles In Another Heat Wave
Date
8/27/2023 3:06:06 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Milan has registered the highest average daily temperature for
the past 260 years, its regional environmental protection agency,
known as ARPA, said that as much of Italy grapples with a heat
wave.
The Milano Brera weather station recorded an average 91.4
degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, the highest since it started
registering temperatures in 1763, Azernews via CBS News .
The northern Italian city's previrecord, of 91 degrees, was
set in 2003, when a killer heat wave left more than 70,000 people
across Europe dead.
Milan also recorded the highest minimum temperature on Thursday
at 84 degrees, ARPA said.
ARPA said the Italian Alps have also been hit by "intense and
abnormal" temperatures, but said the heat wave is about to break,
with heavy thunderstorms expected in the next few days.
Emissions of greenhouse gases are enabling increasingly intense
and long-lasting heat waves, especially in Europe, which the World
Meteorological Organization says is the world's fastest-warming
continent.
This summer, Spain has been sweltering under its fourth heat
wave of the season, while Greece is struggling for the second time
in a month against major wildfires.
The sizzling temperatures experienced by several countries in
southern Europe over the past days are part of a series of
ferociously hot, dry summers caused by climate change.
Heat waves are among the deadliest natural hazards, with
hundreds of thousands of people dying from preventable heat-
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