Record-breaking heat in Italy. The country records its highest temperature, 48.8C in Sicily
Temperatures soared in Italy today, with Floridia in Italy recording the highest temperature in the country, a staggering 48.8C.
It was measured by the Sicily Region’s Agrometeorological Information System this afternoon at 2 pm in Floridia, a town in the province of Syracuse, and it snatched the record that had been held since 1977 by Athens. Sicily, central and southern Italy and part of northern Italy are under the influence of a current of torrid air from the Sahara that has caused temperatures to soar to levels never before recorded.
It is the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe.
The record is currently unofficial. It will have to be reviewed and approved by the World Meteorological Organization who, thanks to Arizona State University, keep an official list of the world’s extreme weather events.
In the coming days, temperatures will not improve in the south, while the African anticyclone that brings extreme temperatures will move northwards.
Beldandy_ on August 11st, 2021 at 23:18 UTC »
I don't even know what to think anymore. I remember watching all these things on climate change and renewable energy with my dad in the 00s and my pessimist dad getting this glimps of hope after watching a particular docu about the sheer endless possibilities wind, water and solar energy could hold for a better future, and now we're here. Growing up he always warned me that I will have to life through a war at some point in my life, and reading all those horrifying news lately makes me terrified because I'm realising it might be worse then even he thought. On the upside - he died 11 years ago and doesn't have to wittness any of this.
mybuttplugisbig on August 11st, 2021 at 16:03 UTC »
see you next year when that is topped.
Gbrown546 on August 11st, 2021 at 15:54 UTC »
I really am not looking forward to these next few decades