'Last summer, more than 60,000 people died as a result of the heat across Europe.' ret_ward says that 'temperatures are becoming so warm in the Mediterranean' that some birds and marine species are 'coming into British waters for the first time'.
Footage shows the forest fire raging in La Palma which forced thousands to evacuate.Alongside 300 firefighters, 86 members of the army's Military Emergency Unit were flown to the island.
And as the heat builds, the vegetation gets drier, creating perfect conditions for the kind of fires we have seen in La Palma in Spain and in parts of Greece. As we leave, Italy’s health ministry issues an alert saying"citizens must follow the rules to protect themselves from the heatwave". Italy's health minister Orazio Schillaci warmed tourists against visiting the Colosseum as 43C heat scorched Rome today, Il Messaggero newspaper reported.Health alerts were in place from the central city of Florence to Palermo in Sicily and Bari, in the southeast of the peninsula.
"European temperatures for the current hot spell look like peaking somewhere above 45C somewhere in the western Mediterranean, but are unlikely to reach Europe's all-time record of 48.8C from Syracuse two years ago. "Southern parts of the US look similar, with heat lingering for much of the week, but we're probably around the peak today, with 47C expected in Las Vegas and over 53C possible in Death Valley.
A forest fire burnt through at least 4,500 hectares of land in the Spanish island of La Palma, forcing 4,000 people to evacuate.Some 13 houses were destroyed as the fire advanced, said Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands.
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