The heat is ravaging in Europe: in France, almost 2,000 schools have been closed. Red code in Italy

The wave of heat hits Europe has led Italy to reduce outdoor work, and France to close schools. In Turkey, authorities are fighting vegetation fires.

In France, schools are closed because of the heat/photo: Pixabay

Spain confirmed the hottest June month in history, after temperatures exceeded 40 degrees in some cities, on Tuesday, July 1, writes Reuters.

This threshold was also reached in Italy, in cities such as Trento, while the atmosphere of northern Europe is also suffocating. Europe warms up at a double speed compared to the global media and is the fastest heating rhythm in the world, the Copenicus Climate Change Service said.

“What is exceptional … But not unprecedented is the period of the year”, Said Clare Nullis, the spokesman of the World Meteorological Organization.

In some regions of Italy, outdoor work is forbidden in the hot hours of the day, in the context in which the authorities have issued red code warnings in 17 cities, including Milan and Rome.

Electric current interruptions have been reported, probably caused or aggravated by the increased electricity consumption of air conditioners, in the center of Florence and in the city of Bergamo in the north of the country. In Sicily, a woman with heart problems died while walking in the city of Bagheria, reported news agencies.

In Barcelona, ​​the authorities are investigating whether the death of a street sweeps on the weekend was caused by heat.

The Red Cross has arranged an “Climatic refuge” With air conditioning for the inhabitants of Malaga, in the south of Spain, a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross societies said.

Turkey continued to fight the fires that forced the temporary evacuation of about 50,000 people in the areas around Izmir and in the neighboring province of Manisa, as well as in Hataay, in the southeast.

In France, almost 1,900 schools were closed, compared to about 200, as they were closed on Monday. The heat was to reach the maximum in France on Tuesday, with 40-41 ° C in some areas, the Teo France weather forecast service said.