Fire spreads in Europe due to drought

From Oslo to Riga, northern Europe and the Baltic States face very high temperatures and droughts for weeks, burning down forests and pastures, draining groundwater and reducing even the water levels in the Great Lakes.

Britain prohibits the use of water pipes

Britain undergoes a heat wave of more than 30 degrees and health authorities have warned older people of avoid the sun and advised the public to multiply it. Drinking water and the signaling of metro stations remind people to carry water bottles everywhere. Users of the communication sites took pictures taken from the air in parts of Britain showing the extent of the drought that hit the country where the green spaces turned into brown dry areas.

According to the British Meteorological Office Temperature at 33 degrees during the day and at 24 degrees in the evening

A ban on using watering pipes to irrigate the gardens will be announced on August 6 to maintain the level of the country's water reserve. Temperatures are expected to peak today and tomorrow before it begins to decline.

The BBC reports that the British Health Service has issued three warnings to the east and south east of England, advising the public to shield themselves from the sun. In Scotland, the municipality of Murray has distributed bottles of water to homes.

A spokesman for the Weather Bureau said, "The first half of summer is the driest since 1964. For the whole of Britain, at six percent in some parts of the South of England. "

The impact of high temperatures on watercourses and rivers, which resulted in lower water levels, resulted in a decline in water levels. environmental intervention to save thousands of fish.

Greece declares emergency state

Forest fires caused by a heat wave in Greece killed more than 70 people on Tuesday in the vicinity of Athens, a spokesman said. Greek fire department spokesman said that the number of people killed by fires near the Greek capital Athens has reached 74.

The Red Cross announced that 26 charred bodies had been found in the courtyard. a house in the Matte. At a toll previously announced.

Winds that have exceeded 100 k "said Matt Fireman, a spokesman for the firefighters Stavrola Maleri.

The mayor of the neighboring port of Ravenna, Evangelos Bournos, confirmed that" Matte does not have a chance ". exists more, "adding that" more than 1,000 buildings and 300 cars have been damaged, and the flames are still firing. The government recorded 172 wounded, including 16 children, 11 of them seriously

. Some 715 people were taken by sea to Ravenna. Authorities and volunteers organized their movements to help the victims, collect and distribute water, food and clothing, while displaced people were transported to the hotels.

At least five people were killed at sea. The identification of victims in this area, also frequented by foreign tourists, began. The fire resumed in the area after falling in the morning, said the fire brigade. An active front also remained in Kenita, about 50 km west of the capital, where the first fire broke out Monday morning.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tsanakopoulos said most of the victims were stranded in Mati, 40 km northeast of Athens. Or their cars, highlighting according to the initial result to the presence of more than 104 wounded, including 11 serious injuries. He added that among the 16 children injured.

Greece has been facing a free wave since last Sunday, and expects the meteorological service to reach the center of the country more than 40 degrees. These fires are the most devastating since those who made 77 dead in 2007.

Tsanakopoulos said the authorities continue to search for victims and evacuate the people affected by the fires. Stressing that Spain will send planes to help Greece, while Cyprus will send a team of 60 firefighters, and Greece has activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism for the help of partners in Europe. The country received assistance, including air, from France, Spain, Israel, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal and Croatia, while letters condolences were sent from abroad. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker writes that "the Commission will spare no effort to help Greece".

Sweden and new fire risks

The Swedish authorities on Monday called for vigilance on the risks of new fires. The means available in many gear have become the maximum alert, according to a report from the French press agency. In some areas, Sweden has not recorded rainfall in three months, it was the hottest month in July at least two and a half centuries and it had to resort to European solidarity to extinguish fires [19659004] The area of ​​the city of Paris twice.

The Swedish Civil Defense Committee until Monday evening 25 fire points over the entire territory less than twice Sunday. But at least four of them are still burning and weather forecasts are not in the interest of firefighters. The risk is "very high," especially in the southern regions, where temperatures could reach 35 degrees Celsius in the coming days, with no hope of rain. "The risk is very high for all parts of southern Stockholm," said Britta Ramberg, commissioner of operations at the Swedish Civil Defense Commission, at a press conference.

The body attributes this to fires or barbecues. "Be responsible people," she said. If you light a fire, you will be pursued. "Sweden, insufficiently equipped to deal with fires of this magnitude, has asked neighboring countries to help revitalize the European Civil Defense Mechanism and the Euro-Atlantic Center to coordinate actions in the event of an Atlantic disaster.

Italy, Germany, Norway and Denmark responded to this call by sending several gears.France sent two Canadian planes to contain one of the four major fires and 60 firefighters.The mission of the French firefighters, based in the Leusdal region, 400 km north-west of the capital, is to verify that the fires that extinguish do not come back. plow the edges of forests and return the soil … It's a long process that takes time, "told AFP the commander of the French mission Stéphane Nisli

A 139 Polish firefighters and their 44 vehicles arrived in the regi of Gumtland.

Germany faces a shortage of experts

A press article reveals that there is a shortage of specialized experts and equipment to fight forest fires in Germany.

Marianne Zontrup, spokeswoman for the Federal Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Protection Agency in Bonn, West Germany "In fact, states and the federal government do not have a single firefighting aircraft, "said the German newspaper Rheinsche Post

the firefighters' union of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday. Germany has a large number of firefighters to fight against forest fires, said Ulrich Tsimulino, expert in forest fire management and director of the Düsseldorf section of the Union, at Rainesche Post. "It has the German army Only the federal police and some local police departments in the states (such as Bavaria) and some private service providers the quality of the helicopters needed for such operations." "About 40 helicopters from the German army are often used, half of which is either broken or under maintenance. "

Latvia loses 800 hectares of forest

According to authorities, efforts to extinguish fires continue to control the fire.

According to the European Satellite Observing Satellite (Copernicus), fires have destroyed 170 hectares of forests, 257 hectares of forests and 400 hectares of swamps. Tuesday is reported in the Kurzimi region, at the origin of the great fires that struck Jurmala, more than 100 kilometers away. "The fires are deep in the marshes," said Enta Balakavensi, firefighters . My Once the winds are loaded with oxygen, the flames will extinguish. "

" The main objective is to prevent the widening of the ring of fire, "she said, referring to the difficulty of fighting fires in the area. has few inhabitants, roads are scarce and narrow and many places are inaccessible due to swamps.Lithuania has suffered in recent months from a severe drought that forced the authorities to declare the. state of natural disaster in agriculture