Global Warming Intensifies–Heat Wave Sears SE Europe
Southeastern europe was struck by an unprecedented heat wave this week, with temperatures reaching 107 in Romania and 111 in Greece. The extraordinary heat led Romanian authorities to tell government workers to stay at home, as hundreds of fires broke out across the country. Power outages were reported throughout Greece. The heat wave, caused by an invasion of hot air from the Sahara desert south of the Mediterranean, extended from Italy where temperatures were over 100 in Rome, to Turkey, where temperatures of 104 were being reported. Many areas were reporting record temperatures. Tuesday was the hottest day in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 114 years, with the temperature reaching 104 degrees.
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