Jakarta, shesocial Indonesia
–
The southern European region from Portugal to Spain is in high alert because
extreme heat
and dry conditions that can trigger the risk of forest fires (
forest and land fire
).
Quote from
AFP
, each Portuguese and Spanish governments since Sunday (3/8) have issued alert warnings against extreme heat in the Iberian Peninsula.Weather forecasts estimate the air temperature will be between 5-10 degrees Celsius above the normal seasonal temperature.
The warning in the extreme hot weather to the forest and land fires in Portugal was delivered until Thursday (7/8).
Portuguese Minister Portuguese Maria Lucia Amalal announced strict precautions throughout the week, by banning access to forests, the use of machines in rural areas, and fireworks devices.
In the Extremadura and Andalusia, Spanish regions, air temperatures are even mentioned to reach 42 degrees Celsius.Firefighters in Spain have struggled trying to extinguish 570 hectares of forest and land fires near the city of Villardevos.
Meanwhile, three forest fires are still active in Ponteleso, A Coruna region, which has an impact on an area of more than 400 hectares.
“There are intense burning activities, with around 50 warnings every day and unfavorable weather conditions,” said Minister of Rural Affairs Maria Jose Gomez
The authorities in each of the southern European countries have issued red and orange warnings and mobilized firefighters.
The French Meteorology Agency (Meteo-France) placed the ADE region in Southern France in the Red Alert for Forest Fires on Tuesday (4/8).
That is the highest warning level, with a warning to the risk of “very high” due to extreme heat and dry wind.
Then, the area around Carcassonne is likely to experience a surge in temperature of up to 35 degrees Celsius.The area last July experienced a severe forest and land fire.More than 1,000 firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the fire that burned more than 2,000 hectares of land at the ADE.
In addition, nine other French territories, including Haute-Garonne, Herault, Gard, and Bouches-du-Rhone, are in an orange alert status (high) for the risk of fire.
Hot waves in nordic countries
The heatwave was not only experienced by European countries on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.The temperature that broke the record also occurred in Nordic countries, which for the past few years the tourism has increased due to phenomena ‘
Coolcations
‘blend of words
Cool
And
Vacation
which when interpreted is simple means ‘vacation in a cold place’.
On Monday, the Finnish Meteorology Institute said the country had just passed 22 days with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius.Finnish meteorology states it is the longest heat wave since the recording began in 1961.
In the city of Rovaniemi, Finland which is said to be his hometown of Santa Claus, the air temperature reached above 30 degrees Celsius last week.
In addition, July is also the third hottest month recorded in Norway since the recording began in 1901, with a temperature of 2.8 degrees Celsius higher than the average national season.
The Norwegian Meteorology Institute said the hot waves for two weeks, between 12 and 25 July, were also the hottest one ever recorded in the country.They call it the term ‘tropical night’, where the temperature does not drop below 20 degrees Celsius.
Then in Haparanda, North Sweden is far, the air temperature reaches 25 degrees Celsius or more for 14 days in a row last July.The Swedish Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology states that heat waves for more than 15 days are something that has never happened in the last century there.
(AFP/Kid)
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