Europe faces severe weather

Europeans have endured very harsh weather at the end of the day when heavy rain caused a historic flood in the UK for 60 years, at the same time in the south and east of the continent, the scorching sun Many people have been killed.

Flood in England.

A large area in central and western England is submerged in water when the water levels in the rivers rise, overflowing during the rainy days, thousands of people do not have clean water and electricity, and must be standard coped for more rainy days.

The UK emergency committee met last night (July 23) amid concerns that a power supply station in Gloucester could be flooded, leaving about half a million households without electricity.

The British Environmental Agency said the Severn River had reached a peak of only about 5cm lower than the downtown protection wall and the power station. Earlier, the Prime Minister had said that the flood was related to climate change. He also approved an additional $ 411 million to solve future environmental problems. A British scientific newspaper published a study acknowledging that the climate is warmer, affecting the distribution of rainfall in the world.

Flood in England. (Photo: VNN)

Climate change is also more rainy in northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia, but rainfall is declining in sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia.

While Britain faces an unprecedented flood of more than half a century, rising temperatures are affecting the lives of many people in other parts of Europe.

According to the Romanian Minister of Health, the number of deaths due to the heat lasted a week here up to 18 people, today there was a red alert in some areas when the temperature reached 41 degrees Celsius for the second day in a row. .

The Bulgarian Meteorological Institute said the country had a record hot day starting Monday when the thermometer reached 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. One person died from the heat, the weather forecast continued to heat for two more days. The hot sun also contributed to the destruction of many of Bulgaria's forests.

In the north, Mayor of Kozloduy declared a drought emergency. 90% of the area planted to cereals and sunflowers is destroyed. Domestic water distribution regime is applied in nine towns around Veliko Tarnovo.

Forest fires also spread throughout Southern Europe. Two Greek pilots were killed yesterday while attempting to extinguish the fire on Evia island. About 300 fires have occurred in Greece since the weekend with the contribution of high temperatures and strong winds. Earlier this month, Greece experienced the longest heat wave in more than 100 years with 15 deaths, and high temperatures are expected to last until Thursday.

Yesterday, a water carrier crashed in Central Italy, a pilot died, another was seriously injured. According to ANSA news agency, more than 8,000 firefighters have been deployed to extinguish fires across the country, some of which have been evacuated from Urbino and Sardinia for fires.

United Mail