国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Heatwave with record-high temperatures sweeps across Europe

Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-29 20:03:30|Editor: Shi Yinglun
Video PlayerClose

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A heatwave has hit central and western Europe from Germany to Britain, with temperatures reaching record highs in many cities.

National weather services in Britain, Germany and France have confirmed some of their cities have been suffering from the hottest temperatures ever measured.

In Britain, a maritime country, the temperature has hit its hottest monthly record in July, according to the national weather service body Met Office.

The weather forecast office warned that the heat may spark thunderstorms, issuing a yellow national severe weather warning covering the majority of the country.

Large parts of central and western Europe have also been hit by a heatwave, the Met Office reported.

The hottest temperature ever measured in Germany -- 42.6 degrees Celsius -- has been recorded in the city of Lingen on Thursday, according to the country's National Meteorological Service (DWD).

A total of 25 weather stations across Germany have recorded temperatures of above 40 degrees, while 15 of them even measured temperatures that exceeded the old temperature record for Germany of 40.3 degrees from 2015, according to the DWD.

"Hot, hotter, Germany -- a day for weather history," the German weather service has commented on Twitter.

As a reaction to the blistering heat, Germany's Green party demanded in a heat action plan published on Thursday that employees who are working outdoors such as construction workers, building cleaners or workers in the agricultural sector would need a right to "reduced working hours."

The Confederation of German Employers' Associations, however, opposed the idea of reduced working hours due to heat, saying it would be the responsibility of the companies to take individual measures.

France, where the temperature average stands at 19.9 degrees for the June-August period, is witnessing "more intense and more frequent heatwaves" due to climate change, said the national weather center, Meteo France, on Wednesday.

The agency placed twenty departments in northern France, including Paris and surrounding communes, on heat wave red alert, the highest level on the agency's four-level scale, urging residents to be extremely vigilant.

People in France are recommended to stay indoors, keep cool and drink at least 1.5 liters of water a day to prevent heatstroke.

Sixty regions remained on orange alert as a hot spell is still engulfing 90 percent of French territory, the agency has said.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001382676041
主站蜘蛛池模板: 武川县| 肃北| 大城县| 石渠县| 营口市| 永德县| 高碑店市| 长子县| 商河县| 靖江市| 昌邑市| 武宣县| 汕头市| 德清县| 古浪县| 自贡市| 佳木斯市| 棋牌| 绥宁县| 桂阳县| 石渠县| 马尔康县| 汝城县| 夏邑县| 个旧市| 岑巩县| 昭通市| 诏安县| 吉安县| 嘉祥县| 揭阳市| 宁南县| 济宁市| 三明市| 平和县| 景宁| 彩票| 赤水市| 西青区| 彭水| 旺苍县|