Steamy nights in European heatwave worsen health and fire risks, say experts

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LONDON - Hot night time temperatures are hindering firefighting responses across Europe and worsening health conditions as bedtime fails to provide a cooling reprieve, experts said on Tuesday .

Meanwhile, La Hague in Normandy, France, registered 32.8 deg C at 3 am on Tuesday.

"Hotter nights means people and our environment don't get a break from climate change," said Jennifer Balch, a fire ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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