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Recently, many European countries, including the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, have encountered rare high temperatures, and the highest temperature in the area reached 45 degrees Celsius. High -temperature weather has many impacts on European multinational transportation systems and energy prices.

According to the "Guardian" reported on the 20th, due to extreme high temperature, the London Fire Department experienced the busiest day since World War II. A dozen fires occurred on the same day in London. The fire department received a total of more than 2600 calls. In addition, the record high temperature also causes different degrees of damage to the track, wires and signal systems of the traffic system. According to reports, dozens of train delays or canceled in England on the morning of the 20th. The mayor of London Sadick Khan reminds the people not to hold a barbecue party. At the same time, pay attention to the placement and use of glass bottles, because the sunlight irradiated through the glass bottle is easy to ignite the grass and cause fire. According to the Washington Post on the 20th, the EU Copernicus Monitoring Bureau said on the 19th that a large part of Western Europe is currently in the "extreme fire danger".

According to the US Broadcasting Corporation reported on the 19th, the Spanish Department of Health said that from July 10th to July 18th, at least 510 people in Spain died of high temperature -related factors. Portugal recorded 659 deaths related to high temperature from July 7 to July 17. It is expected that Spain's temperature will reach 42 degrees Celsius on the 24th, prompting the national meteorological institution to issue a "extreme risk" alert.

According to the "Financial Times" reported on the 20th, high temperature weather brought further pressure to the energy systems of many European countries. As Europe is seeking to reduce the dependence on Russia's natural gas, the temperature of the record this summer has greatly pushed the demand for refrigeration energy, increasing the risk of natural gas supply this winter. Affected by high temperature weather, the river water used for cooling nuclear reactors is overheating, limiting the nuclear power generation in France and Switzerland, and droughts have reduced hydropower and caused the electricity prices in some areas to rise sharply.

Source: CCTV4 "China News"

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