The “Cerberus” heat wave in Europe may reach 48.8 degrees Celsius – before the arrival of “Sharon”

The heatwave is sweeping parts of southern Europe and northwestern Africa, and the mercury is likely to break records in many areas over the next few days as the Cerberus heatwave advances.

Heatwave temperatures are expected to exceed 40°C in parts In Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.

In Italy, temperatures may reach 48.8 degrees Celsius While a red alert was issued for 10 of them Rome, Bologna and Florence. A 40-year-old man died on Tuesday after collapsing in northern Italy.

Kerberos heat wave brings extreme conditions

Several visitors to the country have already collapsed due to heatstroke, including a Brit outside the Colosseum in Rome.

Cerberus heat wave – Named by the Italian Meteorological Society after the three-headed monster that appeared in Dante’s Inferno – it is expected to bring severe conditions in the coming days.

Spain has been suffering for days with temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius Overnight temperatures in most parts of the country did not fall below 25 degrees Celsius.

A satellite image taken by the Copernicus Sentinel mission revealed that global temperatures in the Extremadura region reached 60 degrees on Tuesday.

The heat is likely to continue through the weekend and into the weekend Pragueits capital Czech RepublicTemperatures can reach 36°C on Saturday, according to BBC Weather, well above the July average of 24°C.

Heat wave advances

Italian meteorologists warn the next day The heat wave, which was called Sharon – From the navigator who delivered souls to the underworld – He will raise temperatures to 43 degrees in Rome and 47 degrees in Sardinia.

The hottest temperature in Europe ever was recorded at 48.8°C near Syracuse on the Italian island of Sicily in August 2021. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reported that June was the warmest globally.

With information from the BBC