Some Countries Hit by Extreme Heatwave, One is Reach Over 40 Degrees
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The digital newspaper OKdiario ran the headline: "Spain melts this week." For the northern and eastern parts of Mallorca and also for parts of Catalonia and Aragon in northeastern Spain, the national weather service AEMET announced the highest alert level on Tuesday. The heatwave is expected to end by Thursday at the latest.
France
In southern France, a record 29.5 centigrade was recorded in the Alpine ski resort of Alpe d'Huez, while 40.6C was recorded for the first time in Verdun in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Canary Island
In the Canary Islands, around 400 firefighters battled blazes that have damaged 8,650 hectares of forest and forced 4,000 residents to evacuate, and authorities warned residents to wear masks outdoors due to poor air quality.
United States
Tens of millions of Americans experienced a dangerous heatwave this week with the National Weather Service warning that "a very dangerous, long-duration heatwave will continue in the Southwest into next week with oppressive heat indices spreading into the south-central and southeast".
In the city of San Angelo, Texas, where temperatures are expected to reach 40-42 C, the National Weather Service said that this country is "running out of ways to say that today will be hot".
In Arizona, the weather at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport reached 43.3 C again on Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 18 consecutive days at or above that temperature, set in 1974.
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