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BREAKING NEWS Britain breaks record temperature for third time in one day LONDON (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Britain sweltered under record-breaking heat Sunday, with the traditionally tepid nation seeing temperatures climb above the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 Celsius) for the first time in history. Heatwave kills 50 in Paris region, hospital official says PARIS (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 At least 50 people have died in the last four days from the heatwave in the French capital, a top Parisian hospital official said on Sunday, while government officials denied the claim. Hundreds evacuated as Spanish forest fire rages BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in northeastern Spain Sunday as a nearby forest fire raged on, local authorities said. |
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Wildfire spreads in southern Portugal, hundreds evacuated LISBON (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in southern Portugal on Sunday as firefighters struggled to stop the advance of a wind-fueled wildfire, emergency workers and local officials said. Code red for power shortage in the Netherlands as heatwave continues THE HAGUE (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Authorities maintaining the Dutch national grid on Sunday issued their first so-called code red for a possible power shortage in almost a decade, as the country struggled to cope with the massive heatwave. Italy brings most forest fires under control ROME (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 About 20 forest fires raged in different parts of Italy Sunday, though most were brought under control, even as Pope John Paul II prayed for rain to bring relief to Europe. Three killed as torrential rains wreak devastation in Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Three people were killed, including a child, as torrential rains wreaked devastation across southern Mauritania over the past three days, official sources and witnesses said Sunday. Pope prays for rain for parched earth CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Pope John Paul II led prayers Sunday calling for rain to bring relief to a parched Europe, caught in an oppressive heat wave with temperatures reaching record highs. Wildfires ravage parched wetlands in Danube delta BUCHAREST (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Wildfires have ravaged dried-up wetlands for nearly three days in the Danube delta in eastern Romania were being brought under control on Sunday, the Mediafax agency reported. |
Europe wilts as punishing heat wave enters second week PARIS (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Europe braced itself Sunday for more blistering temperatures as a heat wave suffocating large parts of the continent dragged into its second week, with thermometers in Britain reaching record highs. Britain swelters under all-time record heat LONDON (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Britain sweltered under record-breaking heat Sunday, with the traditionally tepid nation seeing temperatures climb above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) for the first time in its recorded weather history. French firefighters battle stubborn blaze in hills off Riviera coast NICE, France (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 More than 700 French firefighters backed by two water-dropping aircraft on Sunday struggled to douse a forest fire fueled by the searing summer heat in the hills northeast of the Riviera city of Nice. Britain sees temperature hit 100-degrees Fahrenheit for first time LONDON (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Britain on Sunday experienced its first-ever recorded temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) as sweltering weather conditions blanketed the south of the country, forecasters said. Britain sees hottest day ever recorded LONDON (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Britain on Sunday saw the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the country, with the heat at Heathrow airport just west of London hitting 37.4 Celsius (99.3 Fahrenheit), meteorologists announced. Experts gather in Sweden for talks on global water problems STOCKHOLM (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Experts from more than 100 countries gathered in Stockholm Sunday for World Water Week, seeking practical responses to the problem of providing fresh water and sanitation for billions of people while protecting the earth's resources. |
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