Extreme heat affects the United States, Mexico and Europe

A strong heat wave is hitting much of the American continent and Europe where temperatures have reached 45 degrees Celsius. The heat wave that has left extremely high temperatures in the Northeast of the United States will ease somewhat this week, when the danger will move to the south of the country, according to the climate prediction center of the National Weather Service.

Nicole Rickman, Arizona resident.

“It’s a dry heat, you almost feel like you’re in an oven. If you set the oven to (48 degrees Celsius) and then you open it and stick your head in it, that’s Arizona. It’s dry”.

Mexico recorded the hottest day in its history last week, when temperatures in the sonoran desert They reached 51.7 centigrade. Mexico’s Health Secretary reported 125 heat-related deaths this year.

Margarita Salazar Pérez, resident of Veracruz, Mexico.

“The heat is very strong. Very strong. “I had to buy another fan because I can’t stand it anymore.”

North African winds are raising temperatures in the south of Europe. Eight Italian cities have issued heat alerts, and experts fear this could be the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record of 48.8°C in 2021.

Saudi Arabia reported this Sunday that more than 1,300 people died in the Hajj pilgrimage, saying many of the cases are heat-related.