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Live Click here to searchsearchSign upNewsEurope swelters in latest wave of extreme heatUK records its hottest day of the year as the temperature in west London reaches 38.
Weather agencies recorded temperatures of above 35C (95F) in several European countries on Thursday, where more than 135 million people had been forecast to endure more scorching weather.
list 1 of 3More than 135 million people in Europe face temperatures over 35C.
list 2 de 3 ‘Colhemos mais da metade da safra de trigo de inverno antes do final de julho’.
list 3 of 3Europe braces for another heatwave after record-breaking temperatures.
The UK recorded its hottest day of the year as the temperature in west London soared to 38. 1C (100. 5F), surpassing the previous high of 38C (100. 4F) in June.
Europe is the planet’s fastest-warming continent and in some places, is ill-equipped to deal with hot weather.
A series of heatwaves and drought have fuelled a summer of wildfires and been linked to thousands of deaths so far.
Cientistas culpam ondas de calor cada vez mais quentes e frequentes nas mudanças climáticas causadas pela atividade humana.
In Britain, nurses have collapsed from heat exhaustion while working in hospitals that lack adequate cooling, the Royal College of Nursing said on Thursday.
Hospitals had recorded an increase in heatstroke cases and the NHS was struggling to keep up, he added.
The France Meteo weather service recorded 38C (100. 4F) in Paris and much of the country has been put on heatwave alert.
Temperaturas semelhantes foram previstas para afetar 29 milhões de italianos, particularmente ao longo da costa oeste, no Vale do Po, na "ponta" da bota da Itália, bem como nas ilhas.
Large parts of the Iberian Peninsula were also likely to be affected, including some 25 million people in Spain.
Spain’s Aemet weather agency recorded temperatures as high as 37C (98. 6F) in the centre of the country on Thursday.
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