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While the countries of Southern Europe are troubled by the scorching heat these days, Asia is battling with floods. Spain, Greece and France are battling forest fires. Due to the rising temperature here, thousands of people have been shifted to safer places. Here, in Asia, India, Bangladesh and China are facing floods. Thousands of people have lost their lives due to floods here.
Helicopters are spraying water on wildfires in Spain, but the firefighters’ job is not easy because of the mountainous areas. National weather agency AEMET had predicted temperatures to be above 42 degrees. The temperature in Spain has been 45.7 °C for almost a week.
On the other hand, forest fires in France have now spread over an area of 27,000 hectares. Due to this, 14 thousand people have had to be shifted to safer places. 1200 workers have been deployed to douse the fire. Firefighters in Portugal are trying to control five forest fires. Portugal’s health department said that 659 people have died in the last seven days due to the heat. Most of them were elderly. The highest number of 440 deaths occurred on Tuesday, when the temperature reached 40 (47 in some areas) degree Celsius. 96 percent of Portugal’s areas are dry.
Fire broke out in 71 places in Greece on Saturday. It was controlled that due to the strong wind, the flames took a frightening form. For the first time in Britain, a warning of heat wave and severe heat has been issued on Monday. It is estimated that the temperature can reach beyond the record breaking 40 degree Celsius.
12 more dead in China floods
Beijing. Six people have died and 12 others are missing due to floods in China’s Sichuan province. Since Saturday, 1300 people have been evacuated due to the floods. Six people died in Gansu province as well, while three thousand were evacuated to safer places.