Britain’s expected record temperature was broken Tuesday as thermometers pushed 40.2°C (104.4°F) as authorities expect the record to be pushed further.

Meanwhile France’s wine-making Gironde region battles its worst wildfires in over 30 years that have already torn across 19,300 hectares since July 12 forcing 34,000 people to be evacuated as over 2,000 firefighters tackled the infernos.

▪️Spain: over 30 wildfires still burning, 6,000+ evacuated, 70,000+ hectares burned (twice average of last decade), two people dead ▪️Portugal: 1,000 firefighters battling five main wildfires, 50 municipalities affected ▪️Greece: 73 wildfires tackled in 24 hours alone on Monday, “very high” risk remains across country

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    2 years ago

    Seriously the climate is going wild. Even in Poland which usually have very stable, we now have pretty cool summer with lots of rain, but soon we will probably be absolutely blasted with heatwaves. We also did not had proper snowy winter for years, and last noticeable one was 9 years ago in march of all times.

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      2 years ago

      Oh, same here in Western Russia. I doubt we’ll be having any serious heat because recent summers were slightly colder overall than in the past.