Tag: Heat wave
In Germany, 180,000 more people died during the Covid years than normally expected
In the age group over 80, the excess mortality was 640 per 100,000 people, and in the age group 60–79 92. In the two youngest age groups, the relative excess mortality was much lower, 12 and 1, respectively. “What’s surprising is that excess mortality accelerated again in 2022,” says Ragnitz. There were approximately 39,000 deaths […]
15,000 deaths due to hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
The WHO regional journal said that estimate is expected to rise as more countries report heat-related deaths. “For example, France’s National Institute for Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE) reported that more than 11,000 people died between June 1 and August 22, 2022, compared to the same period in 2019 – the last year before the […]
COP27 in Egypt: Cause for hope or doomed to disappoint
Activists have criticized previous UN climate talks, calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries around the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below the fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above the failures of the past – or is it destined to disappoint? For nearly […]
COP27 in Egypt: The core of hope or doomed to despair
Activists have slammed previous UN climate talks, calling them slow, complex and ineffective. As countries around the world fail to meet climate commitments to keep global temperatures below a fateful 2 degrees Celsius, can this year’s COP27 in Egypt rise above its bad rep, or is it destined to disappoint? For nearly thirty years, the […]
The majority of Finns would reduce logging in order to achieve climate goals, says the study
Supporters of the Green Alliance, the Left Alliance and the Social Democrats were particularly likely to agree with the statement. The share of respondents who agreed with it was more than 40 percent also among supporters of the Center and the Coalition. Logging has harmful effects on the climate, especially by reducing carbon sinks, which […]
Heavy rain … black rain … a whole lot is going to fall this afternoon!
It is extremely likely to rain today in your area. And it gets pretty dark. So it could be both ‘Hard Rain’, a mostly forgotten thriller from 1998 starring Christian Slater, and ‘Black Rain’, an ‘equally erased from our collective minds’ from 1989 with Michael Douglas. Really, it’s better to stay in bed. Random terrorizing […]
Friday’s papers: Party Prime Minister Sanna Marin, gang violence and wind in a heat wave
prime minister Sanna MarinThe party video continues to attract worldwide attention Helsingin sanomat newspaper to ask whether a drunken political leader is a threat to national security. "It is not a positive thing from a security point of view," Professor of cyber security at Aalto University Jarno Limnéll told Helsingin Sanomat. "Finland and its high-level […]
Yle’s meteorologist: High temperatures and thunderstorms are expected in Finland this weekend
Warm weather, temperatures of up to 30 degrees, can be expected in Finland this coming weekend. However, according to Ylen Meteorologist Joonas Koskelathere are also heavy showers and thunderstorms on the horizon. "Tomorrow, Friday, the rains and thunderstorms will move from Western Finland through Northern Ostrobothnia to Southern Lapland. It is too early to tell […]
Most infectious diseases can be exacerbated by climate change
Photo: Pixabay/tortugadatacorp Climate change could worsen a whopping 58% of the infectious diseases humans come into contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like the plague, our new research shows. Our team of environmental and health scientists has reviewed decades of scientific papers on all known pathogenic disease pathogens to create a […]
Wednesday’s papers: Russia’s travel tent, Sanna Marini’s appeal and the thunder of the heat wave
Finland’s decision to significantly reduce the number of tourist visas granted to Russian citizens has caused confusion on the streets of St. Petersburg. Hufvudstadsbladet. Residents of the city told the Swedish-language daily that they found it difficult to understand why the war in Ukraine limited the ability of civilians to travel. HBL met a middle-class […]
The highest temperature in Finland since mid-August
On Tuesday, the temperatures at the Asemantaus observation station in Heinola broke Finland’s heat record. At 31.1 degrees Celsius, it was the highest temperature in Finnish measurement history in the second half of August. weather Institute tweeted that this was the highest between August 16 and 31 since 1959, when records began. On Tuesday afternoon, […]
Macron says five more EU countries will help France fight forest fires
As French officials warned Thursday that flare-ups could cause a massive wildfire to spread further in the country’s parched southwest, President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that five more European allies were helping firefighters battling eight major wildfires across the country. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will meet authorities fighting Landiras blaze south of Bordeaux, and further reinforcements […]
Forest fires rage out of control in southwestern France
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Over 10,000 residents have been forced to evacuate their homes in the Gironde region around Bordeaux, as fires tear through the countryside and have been left parched by weeks of record heat and drought. – World News – More than 1,000 firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft battled a “monster” wildfire near France’s […]
Temperatures will rise to close to 25 degrees in southern Finland later this week
The mercury may rise above 25°C by the end of the week, especially in the south, possibly even in the north to Pori, Tampere and Jyväskylä. “Friday will be slightly warmer than Thursday. In the south, the temperature will rise to 27–28 degrees at best, Rinne said. “Temperature to the north [Pori, Tampere and Jyväskylä] […]
Never mind summer days, we have a whole week of 25+ degrees ahead!
Despite the heat wave in the Sahara that hit Denmark in mid-July and set an all-time heat record for the month, when temperatures reached 35.9 in Lolland and burned most of our lawns in the process, according to DR, this summer has been disappointing. According to its figures, there have been only 19 summer days […]
The US Senate approves NATO membership for Sweden, Finland
washington – The US Senate approved Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday by a 95-1 vote, sending a strong bipartisan message of support for expanding the Western alliance against Russia. “The NATO vote is a very important vote – for American security around the world: Finland’s and Sweden’s membership […]
50 Finnish firefighters are going to Greece to put out forest fires
Dozens of firefighters from Finland are leaving for Greece to help extinguish wildfires. About 50 firefighters from Finnish regular and volunteer fire departments will go on the trip. The Finnish delegation is led by the Itä-Uusimaa emergency service located in Porvoo. The first group of Finnish rescue personnel will leave at the beginning of August, […]
Europe’s heat wave, forest fires reach Poland, Greece
ATHENS, Greece: As firefighters battled wildfires across the continent this week, the heat wave that scorched Europe moved east to Italy, Poland and Slovenia, which issued their highest heat waves. After stopping a major forest fire due to high winds that ravaged areas near Athens for two days, Greece urged Europe to do more to […]
The warmest July day in Danish history
Yesterday, the temperature on the island of Lolland reached 35.9 degrees – the second highest temperature ever recorded in Denmark and the highest recorded in July. The previous July record goes back to 1941, when the temperature reached 35.3 degrees. The all-time temperature record, 36.4 degrees, was measured in Holstebro in August 1975. Extreme weather […]
Matthaeus, Schweinsteiger join the fan community of German women’s soccer teams
BERLIN, July 20 (Xinhua) — Ahead of the German women’s team’s last eight rounds, soccer icons such as Lothar Matthaeus and Bastian Schweinsteiger have joined the fan community. Crossing swords with Austria at the European Championships 2022 in England on Thursday night seems to follow with a growing enthusiasm in the country. 2014 world champion […]
The WMO warns of repeated heat waves in the coming decades
The pattern is linked to observed global warming that may be caused by human activity, raising serious concerns about the planet’s future, the UN weather agency said. “We expect to see major impacts on agriculture. During previous heat waves in Europe we lost large parts of the harvest. And in the current situation – because […]
Heat wave that covers the whole of Europe reaches Denmark
An extreme heat wave is currently washing over Europe, causing temperatures of up to 41 degrees in several major cities. In the UK, high temperatures have prompted authorities to issue a national emergency alert. And according to several media outlets, up to 1,000 people in Spain and Portugal have lost their lives this month due […]
Europe burned by forest fires during extreme heatwave
LISBON, Portugal: In the midst of a heat wave, several parts of Europe have been burned by forest fires, with firefighters battling fires in Portugal, Spain, Croatia and southern France. Portuguese Civil Protection Chief Andre Fernandes said several fires had caused the evacuation of more than 600 people, while 120 needed medical treatment, with two […]
The capital region says goodbye due to the heat wave on Monday
“Looks like we’re getting a respite from the heat and hopefully some rain,” he commented. Today is the last day in Uusimaa so far with temperatures over 25 degrees. The forecast promises 20–25 degrees for Tuesday and 18–20 degrees for Wednesday. Showers are forecast to start at times from Tuesday and more often, and a […]
The head of health urges Finns to reduce alcohol consumption as the shortage of healthcare personnel worsens
The shortage of personnel in social and health care has worsened during the summer, when employers have not been able to recruit enough personnel to cover vacation trips. Markus HenrikssonThe director general of Valvira, the supervisory authority for the social and health sector, told Yle that the problems are "serious". "Normally, during the summer season, […]
Roskilde 2022: Snail Mail delivers
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan first appeared as Snail Mail in 2015 at the age of just 15 years. A year later, she released her first EP. Two more years later – after reportedly bringing 15 different label offerings to high school – she dropped her first album, Lush, to critical acclaim. Last night, a […]
HS: The worst heat wave is yet to come, as the blocking altitude stays in place until Sunday
Temperatures are forecast to remain above 25 degrees in the next few days, falling below the high levels observed in many areas on Monday. However, Saturday is expected to be the hottest day of the week. “Saturday seems to be very hot and mostly bright. Temperatures above 30 degrees should be widely visible in the […]
Forecasts: Mercury will remain above 30 ° C in many parts of Finland this week
Such a heat wave is rare in June. “Daytime temperatures are almost 10 degrees higher than usual, so we’re not talking about anything typical now. The difference is noticeable when comparing current figures with long-term statistics, ”he said. This year’s highest temperature, 31.2 degrees, was measured on Sunday in Nuuksio, Espoo. According to forecasts, there […]
Now it is certain: Midsummer will be hot
According to weather forecasts, a warm, sunny Midsummer weekend is almost certain in most of Finland. Daytime temperatures this Friday and Saturday have risen compared to earlier forecasts this week, and – with the exception of the northernmost parts of the country – midsummer is hot all over Finland. The massive heat wave sweeping over […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: Kurdish question, emergency meeting and weather turnaround
Swedish daily Hufvudstadsbladet According to experts, Turkey does not seem willing to bow to requests from Finns and Swedes to join NATO. Halil KaraveliA senior researcher at the Institute for Security and Development Policy who specializes in Turkish politics explained that Turkey’s reservations are justified. "Prior to the Swedish parliamentary elections, this does not seem […]
Forecasts promise warm weather for Midsummer
Rainy fronts run through the north of the country between Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures are then forecast to rise closer to 20 ° C as the high-pressure system in south-eastern Finland strengthens. – Thursday’s rainy front is bigger, but there is no need to be afraid of getting wet in the south, Huutonen said. Night […]
A long mosquito season in Finland
There are signs of a longer-than-usual mosquito season in Finland this summer due to the relatively cool summer weather. The mosquito season ends later than usual this year, he said Marko Mutaneninsect expert from the University of Oulu. "The weather has been varying all over Finland this summer, so the mosquito season is getting longer […]
UN chief says world continues on ‘fast track to climate disaster’
He made these remarks in response to the sixth report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday. “The jury has made a verdict. And that’s damn it,” Guterres said in a statement. “This report … is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame that lists empty promises […]
Early signs point to a severe mosquito season
All signs point to a severe mosquito season, summer. According to a biologist from Lappeenranta, the snowy winter months, like right now, usually create ideal conditions for insects Kimmo Saarinen. The thick snow cover currently covers most of Finland. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, a record amount of snow fell in Eastern Finland in […]
