Skogsbränderna i södra Europa fortsätter att ödelägga stora markområden

  

SvD/TT 14 aug

Södra Europa plågas just nu av en livshotande värmebölja

– Jag går upp klockan fem för att hinna träna innan det blir för varmt.  Madrids gator ekar tomma, enligt Axel Lennselius.

– Alla som kan fly Madrid har flytt Madrid. Flera restauranger och barer är helt stängda. 

SvD 13 augusti 2025

https://www.svd.se/a/kwk1ok/minst-tre-doda-i-skogsbrander-i-sodra-europa



Firefighters were struggling to tame blazes in several countries in southern Europe, including Albania, Greece, Montenegro and Spain, and in Turkey.

Spain has also been hard hit by wildfires this week amid dangerous temperatures that have dried out vegetation across the region, making already arid places even more combustible.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/wildfires-deadly-spain-greece-turkey-albania-montenegro.html


Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an already uncomfortable season.

Dew point temperatures – a measure of how much moisture is in the air – have soared to sauna-like highs over and over. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/12/weather/humid-summer-heat-climate-vis


What Is Dew Point?

https://sciencenotes.org/what-is-dew-point/





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