![]() Some regions of China, including the capital Beijing, are experiencing soaring temperatures and a major Chinese power company said its single-day power generation hit a record high on Monday. North Africa has also been sweltering and Morocco's meteorological service issued an extreme heat red alert for southern parts of the country. The mercury may soar as high as 48˚C on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, the European Space Agency said - "potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe." ![]() Red Cross staff handed out bottled water to tourists wilting in long lines hoping to beat the closure and scale the steps up to the gleaming Parthenon temple as temperatures were expected to peak above 40˚C in the Greek capital. Greece said its top tourist attraction, the Acropolis, closed during the hottest hours on Friday. ![]() Several European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland, are also baking in searing temperatures. AFP / Reuters Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.Įxtreme heat advisories have been issued for more than 100 million Americans with the National Weather Service forecasting particularly dangerous conditions in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. From top L to R bottom: A traffic warden mans his street corner under the hot sun in Las Vegas tourists use fans to cool off in Rome tourists cool off at a beach in Nafplion and members of the publc fill bottles with water at a fountain in Rome on Friday.
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