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well ill take 105 and they can have all this ing rain
They should have been watching Man vs Wild. If they had known to pee on there shirts and wrap it around there head, it would have bought them some extra time.
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European heat wave death toll hits 35 By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 39 minutes ago
BUCHAREST, Romania - Southern Europe sizzled under a heat wave Tuesday, with temperatures hitting triple digits for a seventh day in Romania, blazes forcing the evacuation of tourists in Croatia and Italy, and wildfires in Macedonia and Greece exploding s s from long-ago wars. At least 35 heat-related deaths were reported.
Romanian authorities warned residents to stay indoors during the midday heat in the capital of Bucharest, one of five counties put on high alert because of the weather.
At least 27 people have died in Romania since last week, with 12 deaths reported Monday, said Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu. The victims, all over 70, collapsed in the street and had not taken precautions, such as wearing a hat, he said.
Some 870 people collapsed Monday from the heat and nearly 19,000 people contacted emergency services, Nicolaescu added.
As temperatures in Bucharest hit 105 on Tuesday, heavy use of air conditioning caused power outages in the city, and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said energy consumption had surged by more than 50 percent.
State ins utions were closed in midmorning and operating into the evening to lessen the need for air conditioning. Employers provided free water and cut work schedules.
Temperatures are set to hover around 104 in the south and east Wednesday but will drop Thursday, forecasters said.
Dozens of fires raged in central and southern Italy, destroying hundreds of acres of forest, amid high temperatures and winds.
Two charred bodies were found in a burned car in Puglia, while two other people were suffocated by smoke on a nearby beach, the ANSA news agency said.
A firefighting plane crashed in Italy's central Abruzzo region Monday, killing the pilot and seriously injuring a crew member.
Fires forced the rescue of about 250 beach-goers by boat on the Gargano peninsula, above the heel of the Italian boot, where temperatures hit 107 degrees, ANSA said.
Firefighters put out a blaze on the Amalfi coast, while in Castel Gandolfo — where the pope has a vacation home he usually visits in August — 247 acres of forest burned and two hotels were evacuated, news reports said. Other fires were reported in the region that includes Naples, Sardinia and central Italy.
In Croatia, authorities evacuated 1,400 residents and tourists from the southern island of Solta.
Long-buried ordnance from wars past posed another, unexpected threat in fires sparked by the hot, dry weather.
In Macedonia, wildfires exploded some World War I s s, said Kostadin Popovski, head of an army mine division. Southern Macedonia was the scene of heavy fighting in the war, during a drive by Allied forces in 1916 to support Serbia.
"A lot of this ordnance could be set off by the high temperatures and there is a risk for large explosions," said Kostadin Popovski, head of an army mine division. "We have already had several explosions."
Fires raged near Macedonia's second-largest city, Bitola, killing one man. Rescuers saved 20 people from burning homes.
Thousands of firefighters and residents battled the huge blaze, while President Branko Crvenkovski mobilized army units.
"We managed to defend the city and now have the fire under control. There is no threat to Bitola any more," said Ivica Bocevski, a government spokesman.
Temperatures in Macedonia also reached 107 degrees amid a declared national emergency.
Old ordinance also exploded in northern Greece. Fires outside Kastoria ignited World War II s s, while others from the Greek Civil War of 1946-49 exploded in Epirus province.
Greek state services, including hospitals, remained on alert. Athens was expected to reach 113 degrees Wednesday, with high humidity and air pollution levels.
Greece's power consumption hit an all-time record Monday, state-run Public Power Corporation said. As three damaged power stations remained inoperative, officials asked for air conditioners to be set above 77 degrees, and Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas asked for restraint between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
A 75-year-old man died Monday in Corfu, probably of heat stroke, authorities said, and 13 others were hospitalized.
Several forest fires burned in northern Greece, while others were reported at Aegio, near the western city of Patras, and in Vrilissia, northern Athens. Two firefighters were killed Monday when their plane crashed in Evia.
In Serbia, about 2,500 acres of forest were also destroyed by wildfires, as temperatures reached record highs.
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help. Russia had sent a firefighting plane to Serbia via Bulgaria, but it was used there and will fly to Serbia on Wednesday, authorities said.
Wildfires swept across Kosovo on Monday, as NATO peacekeepers and local authorities led evacuations. NATO sent helicopters over the weekend to help firefighters.
well ill take 105 and they can have all this ing rain
That's crazy. That's just another day in July/August around here.
Well, not around here lately.
Don't they in learn from the past?
I know. But for our parts of the world those are record breaking temperatures. People are neither used to them nor equipped to deal with them.That's crazy. That's just another day in July/August around here.
Well, not around here lately.
The craziest thing I've seen was the problem they had in keeping people alive in hospitals because they weren't equipped with air conditioning (they didn't need it before so the lack of it made sense - until now).
What ing past?
These are record breaking temps (as in never happened before).
london is flooding.well ill take 105 and they can have all this ing rain
A few years back Paris got ass ed by heat waves.
And people say global warming doesn't exist. All over the world people are having crazy weather. I know there was flooding in south England and Arizona but then in the SE US we're having awful droughts. The temperatures here have been very low for July, only 1 day over 90 so far and that is very unsual.
I know that. I just think it's crazy that that kind of temperature has that kind of effect, when we get that for at least 2 months out of the year, every year. And it's humid hot, too.
Yeah, Paris is in south Europe....
Don't try to establish your reputation as an idiot - it's solid without you trying too hard.
And even so that happened a couple of years ago so not really much time to react (ie Air conditioning all public places and building the power plants needed to handle the increased demand for electricity).
Chill out man, I just find it weird that people can't survive in those temperatures. It's just shocking to hear that kind of news from a place like Europe where the cost of living is up there, to say the least.
I don't know about you, but my a/c goes on as soon as that dewpoint hits 60 degrees!I know that. I just think it's crazy that that kind of temperature has that kind of effect, when we get that for at least 2 months out of the year, every year. And it's humid hot, too.
When I lived in San Francisco, we didn't need it. It only got hot there 2 months out of the year...usually Sept. and Oct. And here I was all happy thinking I'd be done with my pregnancy by mid-September. Nay...we had a several week heatwave in August of that year.
Karma's a !
You're better equipped for it since you're quite a bit more to the south than we are and had to deal with it for a long time (centuries? - no not you personally SWI know that. I just think it's crazy that that kind of temperature has that kind of effect, when we get that for at least 2 months out of the year, every year. And it's humid hot, too.
It's like the snow/ice falls that brought SA to a stand still during this winter. It wouldn't even be news over here - for exactly the same reasons.
Guys, this is Eastern Europe we are talking about. Hitler and the Ruskies ass ed them back to the stoneage, and they are still recovering.
Bear could survive that .
You're better equipped for it since you're quite a bit more to the south than we are and had to deal with it for a long time (centuries? - no not you personally SW
It's like the snow/ice falls that brought SA to a stand still during this winter. It wouldn't even be news over here - for exactly the same reasons.
AHEM!!!
When exactly has it been 113 degrees in San Antonio?That's crazy. That's just another day in July/August around here.
Well, not around here lately.
Romania?
Macedonia?
Serbia?
Even Greece and Croatia?
You're so ignorant it's not even funny.
And I won't chill when you're making fun of poor people dying when they have very little or no resources at their disposal to save themselves.
Anyone can in a 5-star hotel.
Heat indexes have topped that I'm sure.
Italy is Eastern Europe? It's in the Stone Age? Funny, I thought it was the fourth-largest economic power in Europe.
In Al's defense, he didn't know it was Eastern Europe.
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