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Vienna. The heat continues in Austria. The daily highs will reach up to 36 degrees in the coming days. And even in the mountains up to 2000 meters, temperatures will reach 20 degrees, which is why mountain rescue recommends breaking early to avoid the midday heat under bright sunshine.
Not only humans and animals suffer from high temperatures but also plants. In Vienna, the trees have started an emergency program that will start only in the autumn (in anticipation of winter), said the director of forests of Vienna, Andreas Januskovecz, at the ORF. "If you see the blue sky through the treetops in July, then the tree is sick.This is due to the increasing heat of the past years." Januskovecz uses the term "drought stress". [19659003] Water transport for cows
Prolonged drought is becoming a problem in many parts of Austria, for example, farmers in Vorarlberg report more crop failures due to heat. At the same time, oil tankers must bring thousands of liters of water to the pastures so that cows do not die there.
("Die Presse", printed edition, 30.07.2018)
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