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    Daily News
    Environment World News 18th July 2023

    Climate Change: European Heatwave


    What’s the hottest temperature on record?

    • According to Guinness World Records,


    the hottest place on Earth is Furnace
    Creek in Death Valley, USA. The air
    temperature there has been recorded at
    56.7°C (134°F) .

    • However, it gets hotter on the ground.


    In 1972, a surface temperature of 94°C
    (201°F) was recorded! Photo: Death Valley, USA.

    Two heatwaves have been scorching southern It’s not just Europe that’s been feeling the
    Europe. heat either. China and the US have also been
    Italian weather scientists named the first reporting extremely high temperatures.
    heatwave Cerberus after the three-headed hound On Sunday, a temperature of 52.2°C (126°F)
    from Greek mythology that guarded the gates of was recorded in China. It’s the hottest ever in the
    the underworld. country’s history.
    It saw extremely high temperatures across In parts of the US, temperatures have been
    parts of Italy, France, Greece, Spain, Turkey over 40°C (104°F) for more than two weeks. In
    and Croatia. Death Valley, the temperature is expected to
    In many areas, the air temperatures pushed approach the hottest ever recorded anywhere on
    past 40°C (104°F). the planet.
    The temperatures on the surface have been Last week, the entire planet experienced the
    even higher. In Spain, the ground temperature hottest average temperature for a single day
    surpassed 60°C (140°F). ever since records began. In fact, the whole
    Emergency services have been helping those week was the hottest week ever recorded. Some
    who have become ill from the heat. They have scientists predict this July will be the hottest in
    also been helping to evacuate people in areas 120,000 years.
    where wildfires have broken out.
    Now, a new weather front dubbed ‘Charon’ Glossary
    has hit the region. Charon is also a character heatwave A period of hot weather when
    from Greek mythology. the temperatures are higher
    The heatwave will push temperatures than average.
    well above 40°C (104°F) in many places.
    mythology The stories and legends of a
    Meteorologists have even predicted that it could
    country.
    break records.
    The hottest-ever temperature in Europe dubbed Given a particular name.
    was in Sicily in 2021. It reached a staggering
    48.8°C (120°F). meteorologists Scientists who study
    Some scientists think that record might be the Earth’s weather and
    broken during this week’s heatwave. atmosphere.

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    Climate Change: European Heatwave

    Questions
    1. What is the hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth?
    

    2. Which of the following adjectives could be used as an alternative to scorching as it is used


    in the opening sentence? (tick two)

    baking
    sizzling
    freezing
    watering

    3. Find and copy the names of three countries mentioned in the article that have been
    experiencing high temperatures recently.

    1. 

    2. 

    3. 

    4. Look at the paragraph beginning: Emergency services have… Find and copy a word which
    means ‘move away from a place of danger to a safer location’.
    

    5. Using information from the article, fill in the missing words to complete the sentence.
    Parts of Europe are experiencing a . The heatwaves affecting
    Europe have been named after characters from mythology.

    6. There were hotter air temperatures in Europe than in China last week. Find one piece of
    evidence that does not support that statement.

    
    
    
    
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