America: The ever-increasing mercury in America has made life difficult for the people. According to the BBC report, the temperature in America is going to reach a dangerous level next week. 11 crore 30 lakh people are in its grip.
Advisory has been issued regarding this in Florida, California, and Washington. The US National Weather Service has asked people not to take any risks to their health. How hot it is in America can be gauged from the fact that the temperature in the US state of Arizona reached 48 degrees Celsius on Saturday.
The US Meteorological Department has told that the mercury will reach 54 degrees in California’s Death Valley next week. Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world. After the mercury rises further next week, it will be the highest temperature in the world so far.
The health department has said that this heat can prove fatal for those people. Those who do not have proper means of cooling. Every year 700 people die from the heat in America.
Europe’s Space Agency has issued an alert regarding the heat in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Poland. Italy has issued heat warnings for 16 of its cities, including Rome and Florence.
The temperature in Rome can go up to 44 degrees. The government has advised people not to stay in the sun from 11 am to 6 pm. Earlier this week, a construction worker died in Italy after working under the scorching sun.
Rising temperatures have caused wildfires in Spain’s Canary Islands. Here 500 people have been sent to safer places. At the same time, people in Greece are also troubled by the heat. The risk of forest fires has increased in Greece. In 2021 also there was a big incident of forest fire.