As Greece swelters in one other warmth wave, youngsters are discovering some cool respite — and enjoyable — in a fountain close to a cultural middle in Athens. Issues are set to worsen within the Greek capital over the weekend, with temperatures approaching 111 levels Fahrenheit (44 levels Celsius) in one more, and hopefully closing, July warmth wave within the nation, meteorologists mentioned.
The blistering temperatures simply carry on coming throughout the northern hemisphere summer time, with data toppling around the globe and international averages reaching uncharted sizzling territory. Others are seeing lethal summer time storms and flash floods — scientists say human-caused local weather change exacerbates every kind of utmost climate.
Right here’s what’s occurring associated to excessive climate and the local weather proper now:
— Within the second storm to ravage the Balkans this week, at the least three individuals have died in Serbia, based on native experiences. Meteorologists mentioned the storms have been of such highly effective magnitude as a result of they adopted a string of extraordinarily sizzling days.
— A twister that ripped by way of a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in japanese North Carolina on Wednesday is unlikely to trigger main drug provide shortages, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration mentioned, because the tornado primarily affected storage services. Learn extra from Hannah Schoenbaum.
— As The Related Press’ local weather information director Peter Prengaman packs up his life in Phoenix to maneuver to New York, he displays on how his 4 years within the baking desert solar are an indication of what’s to return for extra individuals in a warming world.
— In a devastating blow to farmers in Vermont, current floods within the U.S. Northeast that dumped two months of rain over simply a few days have washed away or broken crops, experiences Steve LeBlanc.
— Hops for beer are withering within the warmth. One farm in Bavaria is utilizing photo voltaic panels to shade them and make electrical energy on the identical time. And there are different solar-over-crop tasks sprouting around the globe, as Matthias Schrader and Dana Beltaji report.
— And in Seattle, local weather activists used ropes, a harness and a hammock to take residence within the branches of an outdated cedar tree to forestall it from being reduce down. It is the newest in a sequence of tensions round Seattle’s tree coverage, with activists declaring the advantages of tree cover as shading for residents from scorching temperatures, as Manuel Valdes experiences.
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“Gross.” — AP local weather director Peter Prengaman’s 12-year-old son, as a quesadilla cooked on the sidewalk in Phoenix’s 117-degree Fahrenheit (47-degree Celsius) warmth.
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