Greek forest fires force a large number of tourists to stay, experts interpret why "high fever does not subside" forest fires in the Northern Hemisphere | high temperatures | Northern Hemisphere
Recently, strong and persistent heatwaves have brought extreme high temperatures to many countries in the northern hemisphere. On the 23rd local time, most parts of Greece experienced the highest temperature since the current heatwave, with the highest temperature reaching 46.4 degrees Celsius in the Peloponnese region. Many parts of Italy have also experienced sustained high temperatures. On the 24th, the temperature in the capital Rome reached as high as 39 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the southern region exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. In recent days, many parts of the United States have also been subjected to high temperatures for grilling. On the 23rd, over 77 million people in more than 10 states in the United States were under high temperature warnings.
The forest fire on Rhodes Island in Greece continues, with tourists in chaos and panic waiting to evacuate
In Greece, under consecutive days of high temperatures, forest fires continue to ravage the tourist destination of Rhode Island, leaving a large number of tourists stranded. On the 24th, stranded tourists were still waiting for their flight home at Rhode Island Airport.
On the 24th, smoke filled the air over Rhode Island, and firefighters were still working hard to extinguish the forest fire.
Rhode Island Airport is crowded with tourists waiting to return home, and many tourists are forced to sleep on the airport floor. Some tourists waiting for evacuation stated that their arrival at the airport was not smooth. After arriving at the airport, they still did not receive the proper care.
Tourist Falk waiting for evacuation: The Greeks drove us to the evacuation site in their private cars. There, no one knew for several hours what would happen next, and people evacuated by boat from the sea, but there were also evacuations by bus. Suddenly, there was news that due to the fire, the bus could no longer operate. The people on the beach began to panic and started pushing each other because everyone wanted to board the boat.
Visitor Weize waiting for evacuation: We have been lying here for two days now, without any blankets or anything. The child lying here needs milk or something else, nothing. We haven't received any information about whether we will fly home, nothing. You must take care of everything yourself.
Faced with helpless passengers, many locals have started volunteering at the airport, distributing food and water to stranded tourists. Several tourism companies have suspended inbound tourist flights to Rhode Island to assist in transporting tourists back to their home country.
Volunteer Vasilis: I am just a volunteer, we have more volunteers, some of whom are my friends. Rhode Island is currently experiencing a fire, and we are here to do something for the people. We are doing our best and hope that this will come to an end soon.
When tourists evacuated Rhode Island, the Greek island of Corfu also began evacuating people. On the 23rd, a forest fire broke out on Kofu Island, and local personnel began to be transferred.
Expert Interpretation | Multiple Regions in the Northern Hemisphere Encounter "Hot Dome" Phenomenon
Why does the fever in the Northern Hemisphere persist? Will high temperatures continue in the future? Take a look at the analysis of meteorological experts.
Meteorological expert Zhu Dingzhen from the China Meteorological Administration: Currently, record breaking high temperatures have indeed occurred in the northern hemisphere in West Asia, the southern United States, and southern Europe. We can also see from the graph that the red area is the area where high temperatures are currently occurring. The high temperatures in the United States are constantly breaking records, and wildfires have also occurred in Greece. From now on, this situation will continue for 3 to 4 days. So, there are still many difficulties in extinguishing Greek wildfires.
If we are talking about the reason, we can take a look at this graph. In the red areas just now, it happens to be the area controlled by the subtropical warm high pressure system. The northern hemisphere is approximately between 20 ° N and 40 ° N, which is the warm high pressure system that appears in the subtropical or subtropical regions. Of course, this warm high-pressure system also has a name called the "thermal dome" effect.
In fact, the "hot dome" effect and the heat accumulation and storage effects generated under the control of subtropical high pressure are the same principle. Under the control of subtropical high pressure, the weather is primarily dominated by sinking air currents. The sinking airflow controls the development of clouds and rain, so in summer, the radiation of sunlight is very strong. Another factor is that the sinking airflow itself has a warming effect during the sinking process, which can exacerbate the accumulation of heat. Furthermore, under the control of subtropical high pressure, the near surface evaporation in various regions will also greatly increase. So, in the entire subtropical warm high-pressure controlled area, heat will gradually accumulate, causing a very strong extreme thermal effect, which is called the "dome effect".
