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REUTERS/Remo CasilliSummary Weather extremes experienced around the worldBiggest polluters United States and China meetClimate crisis 'is happening', says WHO bossMADRID, July 17 (Reuters) - Global temperatures were soaring to historic highs as the world's two biggest carbon emitters, the United States and China, sought on Monday to reignite talks on climate change. Wildfires in Europe raged ahead of a second heat wave in two weeks that was set to send temperatures as high as 48C. Ahead of meeting Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua in Beijing, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry urged China to partner with the United States to cut methane emissions and coal-fired power. Prolonged high temperatures in China are threatening power grids and crops and raising concerns about a repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years. The heat dome across the western United States also helped to generate heavy rains in the northeast, claiming at least five lives.
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CNN —A blistering and deadly heat wave in Italy this week could break records, with temperatures predicted to soar past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. The warning comes on the heels of a report published in Nature on Monday, which found that last year’s heat wave killed 61,672 people in Europe. The heat wave is also affecting other European countries including France, Germany and Spain. This heat wave follows another one in Spain in April, which saw temperatures soar to 38.8 degrees Celsius, smashing the previous national monthly record. Scientists found that this heat wave – which also affected Portugal, Morocco and Algeria – was made 100 times more likely by the human-caused climate crisis.
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According to those involved in the report's production, warmer working environments can create some very challenging scenarios indeed. Issues relating to productivity also apply to equipment, facilities and buildings, Fox said. "The economic losses due to heat stress at work were estimated at US$280 billion in 1995," the U.N. agency said. "This clothing can be quite cumbersome … and quite hot to wear, even under cold conditions," Fox said. Fox noted that buildings of this type haven't particularly been designed with heat ingress — especially extreme heat ingress — in mind.
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MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) near the border with Portugal, officials said. "The are very strong gusts of wind ... that make efforts to extinguish it difficult," Military Emergency Unit commander David Barona told state TV channel 24H. "It's a very large attack on vegetation and the area," the head of Extremadura emergency services Nieves Villar told reporters, referring to the suspicions of arson. An unusually dry winter across parts of southern Europe coming after three years of below-average rainfall in Spain have raised the risk of wildfires. A total of 493 fires destroyed a record 307,000 hectares in Spain last year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
Spain has one swimming pool for every 37 residents, and these, too, are now in the spotlight. While her swimming pool has been empty for five years since her children grew up, Garcia, 61, said the town has been stigmatised unfairly for its pools. Pools are being used as a scapegoat for a lack of coherent water policy in Spain, she said. It is a sentiment shared by Gonzalo Delacamara, director of the IE Centre for Water & Climate Adaptation in Madrid. While the use of water to fill swimming pools during a drought is irresponsible, the bulk of Spain's water resources are taken by the agriculture sector, accounting for 70% of water usage, he said.
[1/2] Spanish farmers in Catalonia stage a tractor go-slow protest against the effect of drought in Lleida, Spain May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Albert GeaMADRID, May 10 (Reuters) - Spain will ban some outdoor working during extreme heat conditions, Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Wednesday, as the country faces high temperatures more frequently as a result of climate change. The ban will be in place when the national weather agency AEMET issues an alert warning about a severe or extreme risk of high temperatures. The measure will affect outdoors working such as street cleaning and agriculture, the Labour Ministry added. So far this year, Spain has recorded 11 hotter-than-normal days, more than twice the number typically observed during a full year.
Severe drought spreads in Portugal, officials seek EU help
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Around 90% of mainland Portugal is suffering from drought, with severe drought alone affecting one-fifth of its territory, twice as much as in March and nearly five times the area reported a year earlier. Some parts are in an extreme drought situation, which did not exist at the same time in 2022. The northeast and southern regions were particularly badly hit, and the dry weather conditions were expected to continue. With temperatures above normal for this time of the year, the agency said April 2023 was the third-driest and fourth-warmest in the last 92 years in mainland Portugal. Neighbouring Spain has registered the driest start to a year since records started, its weather agency AEMET said on Wednesday, with less than half the average rainfall during the first four months of 2023.
During a four-year investigation, authorities uncovered more than 250 illegal wells, bore holes and ponds in the Axarquia area in Andalusia, which has been hit by drought since 2021. Spain is Europe's biggest producer of tropical fruit, which requires large volumes of water. Producers estimate that avocado production will drop by 25% this year due to high temperatures and a lack of water. Spain registered the driest and warmest April since records began, according to the national weather agency AEMET. The average water level in reservoirs in Catalonia and Andalusia - the worst hit areas - stands at around 25%.
CNN —Spanish police have arrested 26 people in recent months for an alleged scheme to use water from illegal wells to grow subtropical fruit, as the country grapples with damaging heat and drought. Spanish police officers document illegal water pipes in Malaga province, Spain in this screen grab from an undated handout video. Authorities’ investigation into the alleged illegal wells scheme began with a complaint to the Civil Guard’s environmental investigative unit four years ago. Later various growers told authorities they also detected illegal use of water, Spanish police said. The 26 people arrested have been arraigned before the magistrate there in recent months and released, with charges pending, the Malaga Civil Guard press office told CNN.
Catalonia, Spain CNN —Standing in his field of stunted, withered maize, Santi Caudevilla is very worried. It’s becoming increasingly hard to make ends meet as crops shrivel through lack of water – or cannot be planted at all. “This is the worst period that we have had for the last 100 years,” Samuel Reyes, director of the Catalan Water Agency, told CNN. Allison Nussbaum/NASA Allison Nussbaum/NASA These two images show shrinking water reservoirs in the Catalonia region of Spain. In April, Spain requested emergency funding from the European Union to help farmers cope with the impacts of the drought.
[1/5] A field of grass is seen cracked by the drought during scorching summer temperatures in spring in Ronda, Spain April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jon NazcaCORDOBA, Spain, April 28 (Reuters) - Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, as the Iberian neighbours swelter in an early-season heatwave that has exacerbated a long drought in some regions. Spain's absolute April record remains the 40.2 C reached in 2013 on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. In neighbouring Portugal, the temperature in the central town of Mora reached 36.9 C, breaking the record of 36.0 C set in April 1945, its weather agency said. Temperatures started dropping on Friday in Portugal but the heatwave persisted in parts of Spain.
Temperatures this week are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees Celsius above normal for this time of year, with a chance they could hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some places. In large parts of Spain, temperatures have exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). Nighttime temperatures are also forecast to remain high, not dipping below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) in some places. Schools in central and southern Spain are concerned about protecting students and staff from overheated classrooms that don’t have air conditioning, Spanish media reported. The high temperatures come as a prolonged drought has gripped parts of southern Spain, as well as the northeast of the country, near Barcelona.
Dozens of fires have already been put off by emergency services in Asturias and the neighboring region of Cantabria over the past two days. [1/6] Firefighters use a controlled burn to tackle a wildfire in Setienes, Asturias, Spain, March 31, 2023. In the past, intentional fires have often been linked to pastoralists seeking to gain more grazing land for their cattle. The densely-forested mountainous region is one of Spain's rainiest areas, though fires are common in March, according to the regional government. A combination of scarce rainfall, high temperatures and winds has placed most of northern Spain at a high wildfire risk.
MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - More than 100 wildfires broke out in Spain's northern Asturias region on Thursday, most of them started on purpose by arsonists and others, authorities said, as temperatures soared to record highs. Flames raged near a road as cars drove by in Asturias, a lush region with rainy oceanic climate, local TV footage showed. Spain registered its hottest March 29 on record on Wednesday, with temperatures exceeding normal levels by seven to 14 Celsius (44.6-57.2 Fahrenheit), the meteorological agency AEMET said. The Canary Islands registered temperatures more common for the summer, with 37.8C in Tasarte, Gran Canaria. Other regions in the Basque Country and some parts of central Spain also recorded record temperatures for the time of year.
VILLANUEVA DE VIVER, Spain, March 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters said on Saturday they had stopped Spain's first major wildfire of the year from spreading further through the eastern Valencia region, where it destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (9,884 acres) of forest and forced 1,500 residents to abandon their homes. In Spain, 493 fires destroyed a record 307,000 hectares of land last year, according to the Commission's European Forest Fire Information System. More than 500 firefighters supported by 20 planes and helicopters were working to bring the blaze under control near the village of Villanueva de Viver, in the Valencia region, emergency services said on Saturday. [1/2] A wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Monte Pino, Spain, March 24, 2023. "On Saturday morning, airplanes will try to stop the fire spreading to other communities," Bravo told a news conference on Friday night.
First major fire of year destroys 3,000 hectares in Spain
  + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
VILLANUEVA DE VIVER, Spain, March 24 (Reuters) - Spain's first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said. In Spain, 493 fires destroyed a record 307,000 hectares of land last year, according to the Commission's European Forest Fire Information System. Spain is experiencing a long-term drought after three years of below-average rainfall. A European Commission report this month observed a lack of rain and warmer-than-normal temperatures during the winter, raising drought warnings for southern Spain, France, Ireland, Britain, northern Italy, Greece and parts of eastern Europe. The Commission report warned that low levels of water could affect strategic sectors including agriculture, hydropower and energy production.
The weather will be drier and hotter than usual this spring along the northeastern Mediterranean coast that includes Catalonia. The dry weather will heighten the risk of wildfires even as it brings average rainfall nationwide, Spain's meteorological agency AEMET said. "Heat waves in this geographical area of the planet are more frequent, are increasing more frequently than in other regions," he said. Spain's drought nationwide measured over 12 months is no worse than it was in 2017, 2012 and 2005. But the average water level in Catalonia's reservoirs stands at just 27%, slightly above the level in parts of the southern region of Andalucia.
LONDON — Britain had its warmest year on record in 2022, official figures showed Thursday, the latest evidence that climate change is transforming Europe’s weather. The Met Office weather agency said the provisional annual average temperature in the U.K. was 10.03 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit), the highest since comparable records began in 1884. The previous record was 9.88 Celsius (49.8 Fahrenheit) set in 2014. France’s average temperature was above 14 Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) in 2022, making it the hottest year since weather readings began in 1900. The archipelago’s average temperature for June, July and August was 7.4 Celsius (45.3 Fahrenheit), the Norwegian Meteorological Institute said.
NICE, France, Oct 27 (Reuters) - France and Spain experienced unusually warm temperatures on Thursday, bringing some bathers out to beaches but also adding to mounting concerns about changing weather patterns in Europe. Western Europe's unusually balmy October follows a summer during which blistering temperatures parched farmlands and rivers and wildfires ran amok. [1/2] People enjoy a warm and sunny autumn day on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, France October 27, 2022. Beach resorts across France have extended their season as the unusually hot weather keeps tourists coming. "This is a summer season that is not ending," said Rene Colomban, head of the Nice beach operators association.
Flights cancelled as storm Hermine hits Spain's Canary Islands
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A broken tree lies on a street following a storm in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain in this picture obtained from social media. CECOPALSC/Handout via REUTERSRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMADRID, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Flights were cancelled across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, airport operator Aena said, as storm Hermine moved in from over the Atlantic, bringing heavy rains to the popular holiday destination. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe regional government has closed schools on Monday as a precaution. Hermine had been expected to strike the Canary Islands as a tropical storm but was downgraded on Sunday to a tropical depression by the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jessica Jones Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Similar numbers fled in Greece as a blaze fuelled by gale-force winds raged in mountains north of Athens. ABOVE 40CIn Spain, where emergency crews were fighting fires in five regions, national weather service AEMET also forecast higher temperatures. REUTERS/Stelios MisinasTreasury Minister Simon Clarke said Tuesday's "remarkable, unprecedented" record served as "a reminder ... of the importance of tackling climate change." British engineers raced on Wednesday to fix train tracks that buckled in the heat after firefighters worked through the night to damp down wildfires. In southern Europe, far larger wildfires continued to rage.
Persons: Armando Silva, Stephen Belcher, Stelios Misinas, Simon Clarke, Tuesday's, Emmanuel Macron, Eugenio Giani, Christos Stylianides, Marc Fesneau, Manuel Lopes, Renee Maltezou, Angeliki Koutantou, Karolina Tagaris, Dominique Vidalon, Mathieu Rosemain, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Kate Holton, William James, Emma Pinedo, Catarina Demoney, John Stonestreet, Nick Macfie, Alex Richardson, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: China, Emergency, Science, Technology, Britain's Met, REUTERS, European Union, Fincantieri, Thomson Locations: Tuscany, Athens, ATHENS, LONDON, Europe, London, Italy, Lucca, Greece, China, Texas , Louisiana, Arkansas, Central U.S, Portugal, Spain, Portugal's, Murça, Trieste, Rome, Milan, Florence, Britain, Pallini, France, Croatia, Slovenia, Monfalcone, Penteli, Gironde, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon
Граждане, которые находятся, пересекают транзитом или намереваются поехать в Королевство Испания, что, согласно информации, опубликованной испанскими властями, в период с 12 по 13 января Пиренейский полуостров подвергается воздействию полярной волны холода с температурами до -15°C. Испанское метеорологическое агентство (AEMET) выпустило следующий прогноз экстремально отрицательных температур для этой страны:«красный код» в общинах Кастилия-Леон и Кастилья-ла-Манча;«оранжевый код» в общинах Мадрида, Арагона и части Кастилии-ла-Манча;«желтый код» на Балеарских островах и в Каталонии. Волна холода продлится до 13 января 2021 года почти на всем полуострове, в том числе в Андалусии, Кантабрии, Каталонии, Эстремадуре, Галисии, Мурсии, Ла-Риохи и Валенсии. На фоне обильного снегопада, вызванного штормом «Филомена» на территории Королевства Испания, было перекрыто несколько дорог, движение затруднено. Главное управление дорожного движения запустило интерактивную карту, на которой можно в режиме реального времени проверить состояние дорог.
Organizations: Испанское метеорологическое агентство () Locations: Королевство Испания, Пиренейский полуостров, КастилияЛеон, КастильялаМанча, Мадрид, Арагон, Балеарские острова, Каталония, Андалусии, Кантабрий, Эстремадур, Галисия, Мурсия, ЛаРиохи, Валенсия, Адольфо Суарес, Королевство, Испания
Spania se confruntă cu ger năpraznic, înregistrând temperaturi negative istorice de până la -25,4 grade Celsius. Frigul a complicat și procesul de deszăpezire în Madrid, acolo unde în continuare nămeții blochează mai multe străzi. Capitala Madrid a înregistrat cea mai scăzută temperatură în ultima jumătate de secol, -10,8 grade Celsius. Pe aeroportul Barajas înregistrându-se chiar -13,2 grade Celsius, a raportat AEMET. Noaptea glacială a provocat întreruperi în furnizarea apei pe mai multe străzi ale capitalei, conform jurnaliştilor AFP, citați de Agerpres.
Organizations: Capitala, Agerpres Locations: Spania, Madrid, ţării, Spaniei, Barcelona, Aragon, Capitala Madrid
A doua zi după o furtună istorică de zăpadă, Spania se pregăteşte pentru un val neobişnuit de frig, care va afecta în special Madridul, unde autorităţile au continuat duminică cursa contra cronometru pentru deszăpezire, informează AFP.Furtuna botezată ''Filomena'', care a adus ploi abundente în numeroase alte regiuni, a dus la decesul a trei persoane pe teritoriul ţării, scrie agerpres.ro Începând de luni dimineaţă, temperaturi de până la minim minus opt grade Celsius sunt aşteptate pe o mare parte din teritoriul ţării până joi, potrivit Agenţiei meteorologice spaniole (AEMET). ''Pericolul este încă prezent'', existând riscul ca ''zăpada acumulată să se transforme în gheaţă'' din cauza ''unor temperaturi minime nemaiîntâlnite'', a avertizat ministrul de Interne, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, solicitând populaţiei să evite la maximum deplasările.Înainte ca îngheţul să complice lucrurile, o cursă contra cronometru a fost demarată duminică pentru deszăpezirea drumurilor.Plugurile de zăpadă şi maşinile care împrăştie sare vor acţiona în continuare pe străzile din Madrid unde deplasările se vor realiza cu dificultate ''până la sfârşitul săptămânii'', a avertizat primarul Jose Luis Almeida.Armata a fost mobilizată pentru deszăpezire pistelor aeroportului din capitală, care a început să se redeschidă treptat duminică după-amiază.Militarii, dar şi voluntari, au degajat căile de acces către spitalele din capitală, aflate în continuare sub presiune din cauza pandemiei de COVID-19. ''Suntem foarte conştienţi de importanţa menţinerii accesului (personalului medical). Ne-au ajutat foarte mult în timpul perioadei de izolare la domiciliu'', a explicat pentru AFPTV Felix Sanchez, un madrilen de 52 de ani, care a venit să cureţe intrarea către spitalul Gregorio Maranon.Numeroşi alţi madrileni au ieşit cu lopeţile pentru a deszăpezi intrările în imobilele în care locuiesc, în timp ce alţii au practicat, aşa cum s-a întâmplat sâmbătă, schiul în parcuri şi pe străzile oraşului.Lungi cozi de aşteptare s-au format în faţa puţinelor supermarketuri deschise şi a brutăriilor.La periferia Madridului, circa 90 de persoane au rămas blocate începând de vineri într-un centru comercial din Majadahonda, accesul fiind blocat din cauza zăpezii, potrivit serviciilor de urgenţă regionale. Acestea îşi făceau aprovizionarea de la magazinele din acest centru.În urma ninsorilor record în aproape 50 de ani, mai mulţi zeci de centimetri de zăpadă s-au aşternut vineri şi sâmbătă asupra Madridului şi a unei părţi importante din Spania, unde numeroase şcoli şi servicii publice vor rămâne închise la începutul săptămânii.Potrivit guvernului, traficul era în continuare perturbat pe aproape 700 de drumuri duminică, dar trenurile care vin sau pleacă în direcţia Madrid vor începe să circule progresiv, cu excepţia legăturilor cu regiunile din nord-est, printre care şi Barcelona.În ciuda situaţiei dificile, guvernul a dorit să ofere asigurări în ceea ce priveşte campania de vaccinare anti-COVID-19, afirmând că 350.000 de noi doze vor fi livrate luni dimineaţă, aşa cum era prevăzut.Furtuna ''Filomena'' s-a deplasat duminică spre nord-estul ţării, afectat de căderi de zăpadă mai puţin importante în comparaţie cu regiunile centrale în ziua anterioară.
Persons: Fernando, Jose Luis Almeida.Armata, Felix Sanchez, Gregorio Maranon.Numeroşi alţi Locations: Spania, ţării, Fernando Grande, Madrid, Madridului, direcţia Madrid
Meteorologii au emis avertizări conform cărora efectele furtunii Filomena, care a adus cea mai abundentă ninsoare din ultimele decenii în centrul Spaniei, vor continua săptămâna viitoare. „Este uimitor, n-am mai văzut niciodată aşa ceva”, a declarat Marcos, în vârstă de 30 de ani. Meteorologii au plasat sâmbătă sub alertă roşie Madridul şi alte patru regiuni. Între 20 şi 30 de centimetri de zăpadă s-au depus în capitală, aceasta fiind cea mai abundentă ninsoare înregistrată după anul 1971, a precizat Morcillo. Aeroportul Barajas din capitală a fost închis începând de vineri seară, iar la nivel naţional accesul pe cel puţin 650 de drumuri a fost restricţionat.
Persons: Meteorologii, Marcos, Pedro Sanchez, Julian Morcillo Organizations: Aeroportul Locations: Spaniei, Madridului, Malaga, Madrid
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