Research published on Monday found that more than 61,000 people died due to the heat during Europe’s record-breaking summer of 2022. Higher than normal temperatures also cause health problems ranging from heatstroke and dehydration to cardiovascular stress. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said “the situation we are witnessing now is the demonstration that climate change is out of control”. In southern Iraq, the fabled marshland was having its worst heatwave in the past 40 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday, warning of a “devastating impact” on the ecosystem as well as farmers and fisheries.Ī man shows the skeleton of a fish at a dry marsh in Chibayish, Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province, on 5 July 2023. In the US, Texas was experiencing a prolonged “heat dome” in which warm air is trapped in the atmosphere like a convection oven, while in Europe, Spain was bracing for its second heatwave in a matter of weeks. Smoke from the fires so far this season has polluted the air in Canada and neighbouring US, affecting more than 100 million people. Last week the Canadian ministry of natural resources said the number of wildfires in the country – more than 670 on Friday – was “off the charts” with a long and difficult summer ahead.
The metro Phoenix area was on track to tie or to break a record set in the summer of 1974 for the most consecutive days with the high temperature at or above 110F (43C). People cool themselves in the waters of the Rio Grande after crossing to the US from Mexico.
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