The Dhaka Times Desk Other regions of the world including Bangladesh are suffering from severe heat wave. Due to the adverse effects of climate change, the entire world is heating up like a factory boiler chamber.
For the last two consecutive weeks, more than half of the world is burning with intense fires, fires and drought. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, the entire animal world is endangered by that abnormally unbearably warm weather behavior. Which has an adverse effect in Bangladesh as well. The temperature in Bangladesh was 6 degrees Celsius higher than normal in the last three days. Analyzing all weather data from 1948 to 2022, in the history of 70-74 years, the highest temperature has risen to 40 degrees Celsius in the month of July.
According to various media reports, intense heat and fires have spread across Europe. Europe is burning, wildfires have spread widely across the Mediterranean Sea in Morocco. More than 360 people have died in Europe in the last one week due to severe thunderstorms. The world's meteorological agencies say that more than half of the world is currently experiencing intense fires. From Europe to China, Middle East, Iran, India, Pakistan and Central Asia, the maximum temperature rose to 40 to 50 degrees Celsius.
The United States' space research agency 'NASA' released a map of heat waves in different countries around the world on July 15. It can be seen that the temperature of the city of Seville in Spain has risen to 42.2 degrees Celsius; The temperature of the city of Ahvaz in Iran has risen to 46.5 degrees Celsius and the temperature of the city of Shanghai in China has risen to 37.6 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, most of the big cities in the Middle East saw maximum temperatures between 45 and 50 degrees Celsius.
The country's government has already declared a national emergency in Britain due to intense heat. This is the first time that a national emergency has been declared in Britain due to heatwave. The decision was taken after temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius.
On the other hand, wildfires have spread in several European countries due to strong winds and extremely dry weather. People's lives are endangered there. Many local residents of France have been forced to leave various towns and villages. More than 10,000 people have left the Jihind region in southwestern France in the past few days. The fires in several places in France, Portugal and Spain cannot be brought under control. The temperature has soared above 40 degrees Celsius. The heat wave has killed at least 281 people in Portugal and Spain. Several towns in western Spain have already been evacuated. Spain recorded an unusually high temperature of 45.7 degrees Celsius. Temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in large parts of Portugal. Pinhao in the north recorded a temperature of 47 degrees Celsius. This is the highest heat recorded for the month of July in mainland Portugal. On the other hand, the situation is the same in several other countries of the world including China. A number of cities in eastern China, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Zhejiang, are raging.
Heat waves around the world have become more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting, largely due to human-made climate change. Since the beginning of the industrial age, the average temperature of Puthibi has already increased by about 1.1 degrees Celsius. Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for global warming. If it is not reduced quickly, the temperature will continue to rise day by day. Therefore, the people of the world must take practical steps now.
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