“It's like the rainfall we’ve seen in Ireland.' The European heatwaves show normal weather patterns becoming more intense.
“We have high pressure existing over north Africa and southern Europe which is keeping very stable air and it’s getting warmer and warmer,” he said.Temperatures in countries like Italy, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus are set to reach into the high 40s, potentially breaking the current temperature record in Italy .Smoke caused by the forest fire declared in La Palma, 16/07/2023.
“It's like the rainfall events we’ve seen in Ireland,” he said. “Climate change is not changing our weather dramatically but it’s changing the increasing intensity of these events.We always would have had very hot weather at times in these parts of Europe [but] many countries broke their temperatures records last year.Mr O’Reilly said the main concern is the health risks caused by increased temperatures.
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