Extreme heat wave affects Mediterranean cities, prompting nursing home evacuations in Marseille.
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Updated Jun 27
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What happened
Extreme heat wave affects Mediterranean cities, prompting nursing home evacuations in Marseille.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutKeep exploring
Part of
Heat wave affects travel and services across Southern Europe, prompting heat alerts in Italy, Portugal, and Spain.Also in this story
- Portugal and Europe are experiencing intense heatwave impacts and acute housing inadequacy.
- Southerly flow brings hot air from Africa, causing a heat plume that is migrating westwards, leading to torrential rain, flooding, and landslides across Europe.
- Heatwave causes flight cancellations to Spain.
- Climate change is causing severe agricultural decline, making profitable pear growing almost impossible in Southern Europe.
The entities involved
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Marseille
French commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur; the second largest city of France
Nothing else this week.
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Europe
terrestrial continent located in north-western Eurasia
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