Weather anomalies in Europe and Turkey

Fires, floods and heatwaves plague Europe as extreme weather persists. Turkey has been hit by the heatwave, with air temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above seasonal norms throughout the week, and this has started to take its toll and will continue.

 

Turkey has been hit by the heatwave, with air temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above seasonal norms throughout the week, and this has started to take its toll and will continue.

 

The western and southern coasts of the country are already under the influence of extreme heat, with the thermometer continuing to rise.

 

The heat wave will hit the Aegean and the Mediterranean the hardest and some fear rising temperatures could cause fires.

 

A holiday village in the Olympos resort in Antalya's Kumluca has already succumbed to the flames. Most of the wooden houses burned down within a few hours.

 

In Murcia, in south-eastern Spain, a yellow warning for rain was put in place with 25 litres of rainfall expected.

 

On Tuesday, more than 50 litres per square metre accumulated in one hour in areas of the northwest. Calasparra and the Altiplano were the worst affected areas.

 

Between 60 and 65 litres per square metre fell in an hour in the Murcian town of Calasparra on Monday afternoon.