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As temperatures reached near record highs across the Mediterranean, the European weather forecasting agency warned that the continent should brace for more intense and longer lasting heatwaves.
“We do expect heatwaves, such as the ones that affected Europe last summer or the one currently ongoing, to become more intense and to last longer because of climate change,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. He added that it was unclear yet whether a previous record temperature of 48.8C set in Sicily two years ago had been broken this week.
Temperatures are set to ease slightly towards the end of this week but will remain “much warmer than normal” in many parts of southern Europe, Buontempo said.
On Monday and Tuesday temperatures hit the high 40Cs in Sardinia and Sicily and were only slightly lower in…