Euronews: The continent is currently experiencing record-breaking temperatures, with May being the warmest in more than a century. It’s turning out to be a summer to remember for most of the continent, with record-breaking temperatures experienced in many countries.
June is looking to be another record month, both in terms of temperatures and lack of rainfall, and it could get even hotter on the continent, with the mercury topping a blistering 38 degrees in the coming months.
According to the EU’s global monitoring site Copernicus, temperature anomalies are expected to linger over the region.
Forecaster AccuWeather said southern France and northern Italy will experience the most intense heat, raising fears this summer could be even worse than the “Lucifer” heatwave last year.
Temperatures this week have been up to 10 degrees above average. Temperatures are expected to soar well past 32C in Lyon and Toulouse, France, and in Florence and Berlin, Germany. Madrid is expected to reach 35C as early as next week while Athens, in Greece, could get as hot as 34C.
Ukraine and other Balkan countries could be hit with intense droughts in the coming months and will also be hit with violent thunderstorms and possibly flash flooding, sparked by the mixture of unseasonable warmth and moist air from the Mediterranean.
