Alert of high temperatures in Europe makes the population apprehensive, on average 21 countries are suffering from the heat, in addition to forest fires.
This Tuesday (19) at least 21 countries are informed about the high temperatures:
Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Republic of Cech; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland and UK.
In addition to the intense heat, people are dying. Until the moment, more than 1100 people have already died.
Temperatures are scorching past the 40°C mark.
Forest fires in Europe
Forest fires are getting stronger and in more outbreaks.
Until the moment Spain there are 24 active fires, more than 20,000 hectares lost and in the year they already exceed 70,000 hectares. Unfortunately 2 people died and 8000 were evacuated from their homes.
The other countries with very extreme danger of more fire: France, Italy and United Kingdom. Altogether there are more than 40,000 hectares burned in the last 10 days in these countries.
High temperature alert in Europe
If you are going to travel to these places be careful!!!
The option to cancel the trip is perhaps a great option!
If you are already in the country: drink lots of water, stay hydrated! Stay in places with air conditioning and don't walk the streets during the hottest hours, prefer to walk during the night or early in the morning.
UK suspends flights after heat damages runway
Two airports closed on Monday in London, England. That's because the high temperature damaged the landing post.
The airports were Luton and Brize Norton.
After approximately two hours, and 14 flights diverted to other airports, they reopened.