Europe hit by deadly drought and floods
Afp, Bucharest
A searing heatwave has killed at least 40 people across southern Europe while in Britain torrential rain has killed three people and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam. Twenty-nine deaths have been blamed on the heat in Romania where temperatures on Tuesday hit 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), four in Greece, three in Albania and at least five in Bosnia, Croatia and Turkey. Record temperatures have been recorded in several countries while violent winds have spread wildfires and stretched emergency services across much of southern Italy. Bucharest was Europe's hottest capital on Tuesday with temperatures at 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) but a heat alert was sounded for much of the south of the country.
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A man walks through floodwaters in Hull, northeast England yesterday. Hundreds of people in northern England were evacuated from their homes Tuesday after torrential rain that has so far claimed three lives and threatened to cause a dam to collapse. PHOTO: AFP |
