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2025-07-29 14:52:59
[World Meteorological Organization: Intense heat waves are affecting many countries around the world] The World Meteorological Organization pointed out on the 28th that intense heat waves are affecting many countries around the world, which highlights the importance of high temperature warnings and related health action plans. The World Meteorological Organization issued a press release on the same day saying that data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU's climate monitoring agency, showed that the world had just experienced the third hottest June on record; the US National Weather Service said that a long-lasting heat wave with "extreme high temperature risks" is expected to affect more than 20 million people in the southeastern United States; the Mediterranean region and the Balkans are experiencing their third heat wave this summer, and extreme high temperatures in Greece, Italy and Spain have caused popular tourist attractions to close; Northern Europe has also felt the heat, with Finland having temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius for more than 15 days, and Norway and Sweden have also been affected by abnormally high temperatures, triggering extreme risk warnings for forest fires; extreme heat has also swept across much of North Africa and the Middle East, and Iran is facing severe shortages of electricity and water supplies.
