A day after Britain recorded its warmest August day in 17 years at 36.4 degrees Celsius (97.5 degrees Fahrenheit), much of its south coast was filled with visitors, many of whom were forced to abandon the most exciting holidays abroad due to Covid-19 restrictions. . Training
Authorities in Bournemouth, where there is an 11km golden beach, warned that most of the beach is so busy that “a safe social distance is not possible” and suggested that others stay away.
There has been a story in other parts of Europe, where many citizens endured weeks of blockade before this year.
Crowds of Germans also headed to the coast on Saturday, but the government warned citizens that some beaches and lakes would be closed if there were too many people.
Police in the capital, Berlin, told citizens to head to the popular Lake Mueggelsee, while the beach of Lake Prenzlau in the state of Brandenburg diverted people.
“This is the first time I’ve experienced it in 30 years,” Prenzlau’s manager Ronny Klein said.
France has also been going through a heat wave since Thursday, with temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several regions.
In the southwest, Brive-la-Gaillarde broke his own record with temperatures of 40.8 degrees Celsius on Friday, as did Cognac at 39.8 degrees Celsius, while Nantes set a new all-time record of 39.6 degrees Celsius.
No relief is expected until Wednesday, as high temperatures increase tension as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the country, and infections reached 2,288 on Friday.
The government reminded the overwhelming citizens that the mask will have to continue to be used where they were ordered, despite the heat, with a new mask rule for crowded spaces, even outdoors, which will come into force in Paris on Monday. .
Last year, the warmest recorded in France.
Researchers warned this week that climate substitution is likely to lead to warmer weather in Europe.
A drought that hit more than part of Central Europe in the summers of 2018 and 2019 was “unprecedented in the last 250 years,” according to a study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports.
He predicted that if greenhouse fuel emissions continue inexorably, the number of two-year over-droughts will increase seven-fold in Europe in the part of this century.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)