Up to 49 degrees: Heat wave hits Europe and Asia, 48 degrees in Italy

1. 45 degrees in Europe and up to 49 degrees in Asia. The #thermometers do not stop rising in the north of the planet, with #temperatures that break #records and cause more than one inconvenience. [ 24horas.cl]
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2. Temperatures soar across #china & #japan | #heatwave prompts power crunch warning.

Japan has been reeling under the worst heat wave that the country has seen since 1875. Hundreds of people were treated for heat strokes as the temperatures in Tokyo broke nearly 150 year records for the month of June. Meanwhile, #China has also issued a #yellowalert for high temperatures and heat waves in various parts of the country. [WION]
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3. Italy suffers extreme temperatures with 22 cities on red alert

Experts warned that in the coming hours temperatures in southern #italy could reach 48 degrees Celsius, while in 22 cities including this capital will be declared #redalert for the heat wave.

The African #anticyclone Charon, largely responsible for the heat wave, will continue to punish this European nation for at least another ten days, according to reports by #meteorologists published on the specialized site 3BMeteo and reported by the television station Sky TG24.

Today, 19 cities of the country dawned in red alert, but the Ministry of Health has already announced that in the coming hours the number will reach 22, including #rome .

The red level means that exceptional #meteorological phenomena with the potential to cause #emergencies or #disasters are expected, while the #orangelevel means that they are considered dangerous and yellow means the possibility of damage.

The temperatures expected in #sicily could surpass the European record of 48,8 degrees Celsius set on that island on August 11, 2021, recorded in Floridia, province of #Syracuse , which after 44 years beat the previous one reported in #athens , #greece , specialists indicate. [plenglish.com]
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4. French told to prepare for second heatwave within two weeks

The mercury is set to climb again in #france two weeks after a heatwave that caused record-breaking early #summer temperatures across the country.

An upwelling of warm air from the #sahara has forecasters predicting that intense hot weather will hit Europe from early next week - just in time for the #summerholidays . [rfi.fr]

South-eastern France is expected to bear the brunt of the heatwave, with local temperatures tipped to surpass 40°C.
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Hottest pre-summer heat waves in 20 years, temperatures touch 43-degree Celsius in Spain, 32 in UK:
(https://youtu.be/CT2HkqoHXYM)