The scorching heat wave that broke records across Europe last month was made more likely, more intense and up to three degrees Celsius hotter by climate change, a study has found.
Scientists found that the event would have been a once-in-a-millennium occurrence without a changing climate, but was made up to 100 times more probable because of the process.The UK, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands all recorded their highest temperatures ever in the July heat wave, with the mercury topping 40 degrees in much of mainland Europe.Without climate change, temperatures would have been between 1.
A Eurostar train traveling from Belgium to London broke down on Wednesday, trapping passengers in 40 degrees Celsius heat, without air conditioning. Network Rail, which operates the UK's rail infrastructure, said that track temperatures in and around London were set to exceed 50 Celsius , almost double the average summer rail temperature in the UK. Railway tracks expand in heat and are prone to buckling when temperatures rise.
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