CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here is What You Must See and Know Immediately

As Greece swelters in one other warmth wave, youngsters are discovering some cool respite — and enjoyable — in a fountain close to a cultural middle in Athens. Issues are set to worsen within the Greek capital over the weekend, with temperatures approaching 111 levels Fahrenheit (44 levels Celsius) in one more, and hopefully remaining, July warmth wave within the nation, meteorologists mentioned.

Right here’s what’s occurring associated to excessive climate and the local weather proper now:

— Within the second storm to ravage the Balkans this week, at the very least three people have died in Serbia, in response to native stories. Meteorologists mentioned the storms have been of such highly effective magnitude as a result of they adopted a string of extraordinarily sizzling days.

— A twister that ripped via a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in japanese North Carolina on Wednesday is unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration mentioned, because the tornado primarily affected storage services. Learn extra from Hannah Schoenbaum.

— As The Related Press’ local weather information director Peter Prengaman packs up his life in Phoenix to maneuver to New York, he displays on how his four years in the baking desert sun are an indication of what’s to return for extra folks in a warming world.

— In a devastating blow to farmers in Vermont, current floods in the U.S. Northeast that dumped two months of rain over simply a few days have washed away or broken crops, stories Steve LeBlanc.

— Hops for beer are withering within the warmth. One farm in Bavaria is using solar panels to shade them and make electrical energy on the identical time. And there are different solar-over-crop initiatives sprouting around the globe, as Matthias Schrader and Dana Beltaji report.

— And in Seattle, climate activists used ropes, a harness and a hammock to take residence within the branches of an previous cedar tree to stop it from being lower down. It is the most recent in a sequence of tensions round Seattle’s tree coverage, with activists declaring the advantages of tree cover as shading for residents from scorching temperatures, as Manuel Valdes stories.

“Gross.” — AP local weather director Peter Prengaman’s 12-year-old son, as a quesadilla cooked on the sidewalk in Phoenix’s 117-degree Fahrenheit (47-degree Celsius) warmth.

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