European heat wave
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Scary.
Relentless, deadly heat is tightening its grip on Europe, with temperature records expected to not just fall but be obliterated this week. Scientists warn this extreme heat is a huge problem for Europe and a wake up call to a new reality.
Europe is the planet’s fastest-warming continent, heating at around two to three times the global average, yet it’s woefully underprepared. Its infrastructure was not built for extreme heat; when temperatures spike, rail tracks buckle, power cables break, homes turn into heat traps, and thousands die.
This week is yet another brutal reminder that European heat is becoming both more severe and more frequent. It marks the second record-breaking heat wave in two straight months, with the potential for national all-time temperature records to be broken before Europe even reaches July, typically its hottest month.
“This isn’t the new norm at all; this is the foothills of absolute catastrophe,” said Hugh Montgomery, professor of intensive care medicine at University College London.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/climate/europe-heat-wave-france-uk-spain
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A Mexican woman holidaying in Sevilla, Southern Spain, was interviewed, saying that the 45 degrees yesterday was far worse than in Mexico.
That's 113f !England may reach 37 today.
On a positive note, our heating is used less, reducing our ever rising utility costs.
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I’m headed to Italy in a week. Hopeful that the heat wave ends by then. We seem to only travel in Europe during heat waves. Last year it was 37C in Bucharest while we were there.
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