The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports that the ongoing heat wave in Europe will lead to a rapid increase in pollution in the atmosphere. It is especially in urban areas that pollution will increase. This is because pollutant particles are trapped in the air. The air is still without much movement and wind in the heat, explains state meteorologist John Smits in news. – So the pollution particles accumulate. This leads to poorer air quality, which affects the health of vulnerable people, says Smits. news’s state meteorologist, John Smits, also works at the Meteorological Institute at Blindern in Oslo. Norway is too far away to be hit by the heat wave that is now taking place further south in Europe, he says. Photo: Tore Meek / NTB “Extreme heat” in the UK The British Meteorological Institute warns today against “extreme heat” on Monday and Tuesday next week. This is the first time that the department has warned of such extreme temperatures up to 40 degrees at what is described as the red level. The British Meteorological Institute has issued a danger warning. Photo: Screenshot / Met Office It can lead to danger of traffic problems, power outages and risk to life and property. – Britons are not particularly used to high temperatures. It has never been measured 40 degrees there. It is first and foremost southern areas that are affected, Scotland escapes, says the state meteorologist. Forest fires in Portugal On Thursday, more than 3,000 firefighters were deployed to put out forest fires that have affected Portugal. More than 25,000 acres of forest have been burned in the country this week. At least 30 houses have been damaged. On Wednesday, as many as 200 different fires were counted. – Yesterday it was measured 47 degrees at a place in Portugal. It is a June record if the measuring station is not canceled later. From before, the record in the country is 47.4 degrees in August for a few years back, says John Smits. – Spain has temperatures in the mid-40s today. Fortunately, it is not so hot in so many places. On the coasts of Spain and Portugal, it is not so bad, he says. A firefighter is fighting the flames in the municipality of Alvaiazere, in the middle of Portugal. The country has been hit by many hundreds of scograms this week. Photo: PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP Hottest in Finnmark Climate researcher Tore Furevik has warned that Norwegians do not understand how extremely dangerous the heat waves in Europe are. – They are deadly, not only for nature and animals, but also for humans. There is a clear connection between the death toll in the summer and high temperatures, says Furevik to NTB. At the same time, it takes a lot for the extreme temperatures to reach all the way to Norway. Geographically, Norway is too far from the hot air core area in northern Africa, says state meteorologist Smits. – But we had a round at the end of June and the beginning of July when it was measured 32.5 degrees in Banak in Finnmark. Finnmark has been the warmest in Norway this summer. For the heat to get so far north, it must come “backwards”, Smits explains. – The heat can not come from the north or west. It must come from the east or southeast, from Russia and into Finnmark. If the wind comes from the other way, the temperature quickly drops 20 degrees. Firefighters are trying to put out a forest fire outside Madrid. Spain and Portugal are experiencing their second heatwave in less than a month. Photo: Bernat Armangue / AP
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