WEEK 29 July 3rd to 9th

   RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

   Record high temperatures are presently being recorded in Southern Europe, in Italy, Greece and on the Balkans. 42.5 degrees Celsius in Greece, 50 on Sardinia. Parents of people living here, have not experienced something like it, not grandparents and not their grandparents. It’s safe to say that no people living in Southern Europe have ever experienced something equal to this. Many people have died and to keep more from dying, public buildings with air condition, are being opened to the public.
   The desert has spread to Europe in recent years, with draughts and occasional spikes in temperature... but nothing like this.
   The Highest temperature ever measured on Earth, 58 degress Celsius, originates from Azizi Yeh in the Libyan desert in 1992 (Guiness World of Records, 1994 edition).