Heatwave Grips Eastern and Southern Europe in July 2024
Forecasters predict the peak of the heatwave to hit on Thursday and Friday of this week (July 11th-12th, 2024).
Forecasters predict the peak of the heatwave to hit on Thursday and Friday of this week (July 11th-12th, 2024).
France, Switzerland, and Italy – all vacation paradises – were pounded by ferocious storms, unleashing torrential rain that caused major flooding and destruction.
The race starts at the top of a glacier at an elevation of 3,400 meters, and then winds its way down through a variety of terrain, including rocky scree fields, narrow singletrack, and steep chutes.
Europe faces a tale of two weathers: devastating floods wreaking havoc across northern regions and an unseasonal heatwave scorching the south.
The Met Office reports: “As a low-pressure system, driving gales in some coastal areas, moves eastward into the North Sea this afternoon, a brief period of calmer weather is expected as high pressure briefly settles in, causing winds to abate.