u. k. southern europe has been scorching for days already. the residents in the spanish captain, madrid doing their best to keep cool and hydrated. spain is suffering from a dangerous heat wave that stretching across much of southwest europe. and rising temperatures are coinciding with storing energy prices and consequences of the war in ukraine. i don't know, somebody all families have to be frugal when using the conditions. electric fans, because electricity bill has surged a lot more more than 80 people have died in the extreme temperatures which are expected to extend it next week. the sweltering heat has also said of devastating wildfires forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of residents. several forests in portugal are blades more than 2000 fire fighters are battling wildfires. after temperatures reached a record 47 degrees on thursday. the heat wave is due to reached the shores of the united kingdom on monday. authorities in london have already taken steps to provide release at 220 year old canal and the canary wharf. financial di

europe to in the u. k. the government held an emergency meeting is forecasters predict, record temperatures on monday and tuesday. the dean. bob reports from london in pallets of southern europe like here in spain, forest fires and nothing new but could conditions experienced in the south soon be the norm elsewhere. here in britain, the government's been holding emergency meetings and for the 1st time a red warning has been issued for the heat rather than floods. winds. people are being warned as a 50 percent chance of temperatures reaching 40 celsius more than one degree above the old time record. a studies found heat waves across europe have increased $3.00 to $4.00 times faster than in the rest of the northern mid latitudes, including north america. and much of that is driven by changes to atmospheric circulation, known as the jet stream. whether or not that's directly due to human activity, scientists say our continued use of fossil fuels means we're already seeing what was previously predicted for 2050. we are still increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which means global temperatures are increasing. and this means that this is probably something that wil

u. k. in other places for the north that are not as used to seeing wildfires as places perhaps in, in southern europe. yes, absolutely. it's not only the lowest, but it's also the public understanding of the race. so the pricing, u. k, for example, most of those that affected buildings are called fine because of the surrounding meditation which was grass. this could be very easily removed, that's done in other areas of the world is simply that we as population have to learn much more how we can actually prevent those fires reaching out buildings. as far as if we circle back to the western united states than that, that, that, that western see board. how do you go about tackling a fire? that is, it's a wildfire. ok, so it's unpredictable by it's very nature, as you said, there's a lot of fuel but, but is as is as ferocious as this one is due to the weather conditions. yeah, it's very, very difficult to tackle a fire of the size of these ferocity. now that's fine, for example, has generated its own cloud system. pyro clouds that can generate lightning that drop, that dr. erratic fine behavior. and it co

europe to in the u. k. the government held an emergency meeting as forecast is protect reco temperatures on monday and tuesday at a barber reports from london in parts of southern europe. like here in spain, forest fires and nothing new, but could conditions experienced in the south soon be the norm elsewhere. here in britain, the government's been holding emergency meetings and for the 1st time, a red warning has been issued for the heat rather than flood. so winds, people are being warned as a 50 percent chance of temperatures reaching 40 celsius more than one degree above the all time record. a studies found heat waves across europe have increased $3.00 to $4.00 times faster than in the rest of the northern mid latitudes, including north america. and much of that is driven by changes to atmospheric circulation, known as the jet stream. whether or not that's directly due to human activity, scientists say our continued use of fossil fuels means we're already seeing what was previously predicted for 2050, is still increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which means global temperatures are increasing. and this means that this is probably something that wi

u. k. health authorities are urging people to take precautions as forecast to say the weather is likely to hit record temperatures on monday and tuesday. but in barbara ripples in parts of southern europe like here in spain, forest fires and nothing new but could conditions experienced in the south soon be the normal swear. here in britain, the government's been holding emergency meetings and for the 1st time a red warning has been issued for the heat rather than floods or winds. people are being warned as a 50 percent chance of temperatures reaching 40 celsius more than one degree above the all time record. the extreme haste been pumping its way out of the north west of africa, across a bone dry, spain and portugal wooded area of low pressure just off shore. and lads is giving an extra surge to that. he lows and highs well they are driven by the jet stream. of course, the high moves out of the way in a heat comes right in across a good part of france as we go on through the next few days. eventually pushing up broad across the u. k. by monday and tuesday, a studies found heat waves across europe have increased $3.00 to $4.00 times faster than in the rest of the northern mid latitudes,

u. k. r building design is, is not up to scratch when it comes to, to heat waves. not like a counterpart since in southern europe, and so really indoor temperatures for many people will become unbearable. and really we should have those kind of cooling centers to support april. we can't just rely on the n h s. when people are already struggling. we mention the situation elsewhere in europe and we are saying wild fires that are unprecedented, that have never quite happened in this way before. why are we seeing this sort of dangerous, critical, extreme heat and fire that just ravages vast tracts of land that we didn't say in the past? yes, so i think we've seen some really shocking images from murder from spain, portugal, or perhaps they're not shocking for us anymore. we've seen them in australia in 2020, in north america, in 2021. when we get these very dry conditions, we're a number of months when we get those higher temperatures than, than fi 0 must inevitable. unless that's exactly what we're seeing now. how much of a threat could these heatley heat waves, beef or global food crops? i think that's something t