August 30, 2025
Forest fires burn in Turkey and France as early heat wave hits
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Forest fires burn in Turkey and France as early heat wave hits

By Ezgi Erkoyun and Dominique Vidalon

Istanbul/Paris (Reuters) -Fire -Freuchter fought in Turkey and France on Monday when an early heat hit the region.

In Turkey, the forest fires raged for a second day in the western province of Izmir, subjected to strong winds, said Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli and forced the evacuation of four villages and two neighborhoods.

Media material showed teams that used tractors with water trailers and helicopters with water when smoke rose over hills with charred trees.

The coastal regions of Türkiye have been devastated by forest fires in recent years because the Summers have become hotter and drier.

In France, where on Tuesday and Wednesday the temperatures on Sunday broke out in the southwestern Aude department, where the temperatures burned 400 hectares and the evacuation of A Camping and an abbey burned and forced the local media, said the temperatures in the southwestern Aude department, in which the temperatures burned 400 hectares and the evacuation of a camping location and an abbey.

The fires were under control but not yet deleted, the authorities said on Monday.

From Monday to the middle of the week, Weather Service Meteo France set a record of 84 of the 101 departments of the country on an orange heat wave. Around 200 schools will be closed at least in the next three days due to the heat, the Ministry of Education said.

Heat wave affects the Rhine shipping

The Heatwave has reduced the water level on the German Rhine River, hindered shipping and increases the freight costs for freight owners, said raw material dealer.

The Rhine is an important shipping route for raw materials such as grain, minerals and oil products. Prognostics said that the temperatures of up to 40 ° C in Cologne are possible.

In Seville, southern Spain, where the global managers gathered for a United Nations conference, the temperatures 42 C were expected.

Tourists tried to deal with the heat. “Really hard at the moment,” said Mehrzad Joussefi from the Netherlands.

Spain is on course for its hottest June, said the National Meteorological Service Aemet.

Most of the country remains aware of heat, with Aemet forecasting the climax of the heat wave on Monday.

“In the next few days, at least until Thursday, intensive heat will continue in a large part of Spain,” said Ruben del Campo, a spokesman for the weather agency.

The Italian Ministry of Health exhibited Heatwave Red Alerts for 21 cities, including Rome and Milan. The Weather forecast Ilmeteo.it said that the temperatures on Monday in Florence, 38 ° C in Bologna and 37 ° C in Perugia would be up to 41 ° C.

The Lombardy region region, part of the northern industrial center in Italy, plans to ban open-air work in the hottest times of the day and to follow a request from the unions, said its President on Monday.

Heat can influence health in different ways, and experts are most concerned about older people and babies as well as workers and people outdoors who have to fight economically.

Extreme heat worldwide kills up to 480,000 people every year and exceed the combined tribute through floods, earthquakes and hurricanes and hits growing risks for infrastructure, economic and health systems, said Swiss Re beginning of this month.

The global surface temperatures in the last month had an average of 1.4 ° C higher than in the pre -industrial period from 1850 to 1800, when the people in industrial scale began to burn fossil fuels, said the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) at the beginning of this month.

Scientists say that the main cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions through burning fossil fuels. Last year was the hottest of the planet.

(Additional reporting by Emma Pinedo in Madrid and Alvise Arminelli in Rome; writing by Ingrid Melander; Editor of Janet Lawrence)

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