A heatwave is set to impact Southern Europe, with Rome expecting 37 degrees Celsius and Marseille nearing 40C. Portugal faces extreme heat alerts with Lisbon reaching 42C. Authorities are responding by making public facilities like pools accessible for relief. The heatwave underscores alarming climate change effects, as scientists link increasing temperatures to fossil fuel consumption. This summer marks a significant rise in temperatures, with Spain poised to face potentially fatal conditions, highlighting past years as the hottest in its history.
"I try not to think about it, but I drink a lot of water and never stay still, because that's when you get sunstroke," Sriane Mina, an Italian student, told AFP on Friday in Venice.
Scientists have long warned that humanity's burning of fossil fuels is heating up the world with disastrous consequences for the environment, with Europe's ever-hotter and increasingly common blistering summer heatwaves a direct result of that warming.
The previous three years have been the hottest in Spain's history, with forecasts for even hotter temperatures expected this weekend across the Iberian peninsula.
Authorities in Marseille ordered public pools to be free to help residents cope with temperatures set to flirt with 40C, as the Mediterranean heat intensifies.
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