Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in peak of heatwave
Many people also drowned Germany The temperature is expected to rise to 40 degrees in the west and southwest by the end of the week.
The German Life Saving Association (DLRG) said six fatal swimming incidents occurred between Friday and Sunday, when men in particular overestimated their abilities in the water. Three bodies were found near the southwestern Rhine town of Biblis, days after three men aged 23, 27 and 50 were reported missing in two different parts of the river.
of spain Temperatures could reach 44C in rural areas near the southern city of Córdoba on Tuesday, while temperatures in the Ebro valley in the northeast could exceed 42C, the Aemet weather service said. Temperatures reached or exceeded 40C on Monday at 101 of Aemet’s 828 weather stations; In Andújar, 45C was recorded.
“There is evidence that heat waves now occur more frequently at the beginning of summer than in previous decades,” Aemet’s Rubén del Campo told Spanish media.
Inside Italy The government has reintroduced emergency job protection measures aimed at protecting workers most exposed to the sun, including agricultural and construction workers, from having to work during the hottest hours.
Companies that have stopped or reduced their operations due to dangerous heat waves will now have access to government-backed permit support.
Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, which covers the entire Paris region, urged people not to travel and work from home instead: “Rail tracks cannot withstand temperatures above 50C. So there will be a lot of disruption in public transport.”
The heatwave also meant that a nuclear power plant in south-west France had to be shut down on Monday night as water temperatures in the Garonne River were set to reach 28C on Tuesday. According to French law, the water used to cool the reactors at the Golfech facility must not exceed this temperature.
Spanish forecasters say that temperatures in the Iberian peninsula will start to fall as of Wednesday, but temperatures will peak in the coming period. Netherlands and BelgiumAs well as Germany on Friday.
Dutch weather service KNMI has issued a Code Orange weather warning, saying there is a “high chance of hazardous weather” in the south and central regions from Wednesday to Friday.
Following Tuesday’s meeting, the Belgian Risk Management Group said it had activated the “alert phase of the national ozone and heat plan” for only the second time. The first incident took place in August 2020, but no national measures were announced other than raising awareness and calling for extra care for the elderly and children.
