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"The deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has
claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people from their homes.
Firefighters continued to battle blazes on Tuesday and authorities braced for
further damage as temperatures in some areas surged well past 40C. In Spain, a
Romanian man in his 50s died after suffering 98% burns while trying to rescue
horses from a burning stable near Madrid on Monday night.
A four-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his family’s car in Sardinia
died in Rome on Monday after suffering irreversible brain damage caused by
heatstroke. And in Montenegro, one soldier died and another was seriously
injured when their water tanker overturned while fighting wildfires in the
hills north of the capital, Podgorica, on Tuesday.
Scientist have warned that the heat currently affecting large parts of Europe
is creating perfect conditions for wildfires and serving as another reminder of
the climate emergency.
“Thanks to climate change, we now live in a significantly warmer world,” Akshay
Deoras, a research scientist at the University of Reading’s meteorology
department told Agence France-Presse, adding that “many still underestimate the
danger”."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
