“It’s not that much hotter than it is currently at home, but yes, it is difficult.”Cerberus is being tracked by the European Space Agency, which warned that the heat wave will also be felt in parts of northern Europe. “Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are all facing a major heat wave, with temperatures expected to climb to 48 degrees Celsius on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia _ potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe” the agency said Thursday. In the Arctic, a record high temperature of 28.8 degrees Celsius (83.8 degrees F) was measured at Slettness Fyr on the northern tip of the Norway, Norwegian meteorologists said Thursday. This tops a previous record from July 1964 when the thermometer reached 27.6 degrees Celsius (81.7 degrees F). Zookeepers fed pandas and bears with watermelon popsicles, seals with frozen sardines and lions with frozen buckets of meats.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 14, 2023 16:29 UTC