Europe ‘facing more frequent and more intense heatwaves’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>An international group of experts tasked with assessing climate change has warned that Europe faces the unappetising prospect of more frequent and more intense heatwaves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a report that involved an assessment of temperatures in the French city of Toulouse between June 26 and 28&comma; World Weather Attribution said every heatwave occurring in Europe today &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is made more likely and more intense by human-induced climate change”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They found the extreme conditions measured during that three-day period are five to 10 times more likely now than they were in 1900&comma; before greenhouse gas emissions from industry had a major effect on the atmosphere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group said the heatwave that struck large parts of Europe last week <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;broke several historical records … in France&comma; Switzerland&comma; Austria&comma; Germany&comma; the Czech Republic and Spain”<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The study has not been peer-reviewed yet&comma; but the group uses methods that are widely considered valid in the scientific community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the heatwave moving towards eastern Europe&comma; temperatures soared to 39C in Serbia on Tuesday&comma; though showers in the evening could provide some relief&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Drinking water tanks have been set up in Belgrade parks with doctors warning the elderly to stay indoors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The surge in temperatures comes after weeks of unusually severe thunderstorms in parts of Serbia&comma; Bulgaria&comma; Romania&comma; Bosnia and Croatia that have triggered floods and extreme humidity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Germany&comma; thousands of firefighters&comma; soldiers and civil defence personnel are battling a large wildfire in an area used for military exercises after weeks of dry weather&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officials said the blaze in Luebtheen&comma; about 100 miles north west of Berlin&comma; is the biggest in the history of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68eceb175e10e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68eceb175e10e'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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