Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C | Climate crisis

Authorities across Europe pushes the first heat wave temperatures to 42C (107.6F) in summer, because the fastest -heating scarce climate continues to suffer from the effects of emergency.

Spain State Meteorology Office, Aemet, Giving On Friday, a special heat warning, saying that in some southern regions of the country in the coming days, temperatures can reach 42C.

“Both day and night very high and permanent temperatures are expected, which can pose a risk for people who are exposed and/or vulnerable,” AEMET said.

Madrid’s Ministry of Health induced People will take extra care in the heat, remind them of staying away from the sun, moisturizing and paying attention to those with older, pregnant or chronic health conditions.

Since the temperature is expected up to 42C in Lisbon, two -thirds of Portugal will have a high alarm for extreme heat and forest fires on Sunday.

As the Marseille approach 40C approached, the authorities in the second largest city of France ordered the public swimming pools to be made free of charge to help residents to defeat the Mediterranean heat.

With the expected 39C summit in Napoli and Palermo, he ordered an outdoor working ban at the hottest hours of the day, as in the Liguria region in Northern Italy, Northern Italy. The country’s unions are campaigning to expand the measures to other regions.

In Venice, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Gamazon and his wife Lauren Sánchez, hosted three-day luxury wedding celebrations, guests, visitors and protesters feel heat.

Sriane Mina, an Italian student, said, “I’m trying not to think about it, but I’m drinking a lot of water and I never stay still, because then you get a sunstroke,” he said.

As the temperatures in Greece approached 40C, on Thursday, a large forest fire broke out in the south of Athens and led the authorities to give release orders and close the parts that connect the Greek capital to Sounion, the place of the old Poseidon temple is a great tourist attraction.

The heat wave is the EU Copernican Climate monitor. As a result of the heating of the planet, excessive weather events, including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heat waves, became more often and intense.

It was the hottest history of registered history last year and led to disasters worldwide and cost $ 300 billion (£ 219 billion). A Lancet Public Health Study published last year found that heat deaths in Europe could double until the end of the century and that numbers in southern countries such as Italy, Greece and Spain have increased disproportionately.

If hot air deaths, temperatures rise to 3C, industrial levels can kill 129,000 people a year. Today, deaths related to heat in Europe stand as 44,000.

However, even if world leaders meet the 1.5C global heating targets, the annual death fee from cold and heat in Europe could rise from 407,000 to 2100 to 450,000 today.