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Europe faces a severe drought and extreme heat events, while the Mount Etna eruption leaves hundreds stranded due to airspace closures, Croatia faces major wildfires forcing evacuations near the Adriatic coast, and record rainfall in Japan leaves thousands stranded and four dead. teleSUR
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00:00Extreme heat and severe drought are battering Central Europe, threatening agricultural production and transforming once fertile farmlands into dusty, wasted
00:08land.
00:08In Hungary's Great Plains, soil moisture levels have plummeted below 20%, treating desertification and forcing local livestock farmers to operate
00:18at a loss.
00:19Meanwhile, in the Czech Republic, record temperatures and irregular rainfall are damaging hope yields, impacting the country's historic brewing sector.
00:27Experts warn that persistent European drought is becoming a permanent climate reality, placing small producers and regional food systems at
00:35grave risk.
00:42In France, a relentless summer heat wave forced the early closure of Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe as extreme temperatures
00:49hit record levels across the country.
00:51Weather authorities placed 80 departments under an orange heat alert during one of the longest heat waves on record.
00:58Extreme temperatures prompted early closures at major landmarks to protect visitors and stop from intense sun exposure.
01:05International tourists expressed shock at the stifling conditions, with many altering sightseeing plants, avoiding unconditioned transport and seeking shade across
01:16the capital.
01:16Health officials warned that elevated day and night temperatures pose significant health risks, urging vulnerable populations to take precautions.
01:31In Italy, Mount Edna continues to erupt, sending balls of fire and plums of smoke into the air, prompting the
01:38airspace above Sicily to be closed.
01:41The airport in Catania announced on a website that it has extended the block of departures to August 15th at
01:482 a.m. local time as River of Orange Lake flowed down the sides of the volcano.
01:53According to local media, some 700 flights have been cancelled since August 8th, when powerful eruptions from Mount Edna shot
02:01ash into the air, making it dangerous for planes to enter the airspace.
02:05Further reports say that usually 40,000 people pass throughout the airport in this holiday period.
02:12As the eruption shows no sign of slowing, hundreds of people have been stuck at the airport, trying to find
02:18other ways to get to their destinations.
02:28And a major wildfires spread in central parts of Croatia's Adriatic coast destroyed numerous homes and forced residents and tourists
02:35to evacuate.
02:36Local media reported early Friday that the violent fire is ravaging vegetation and homes in the town of Lokva Rogoznika,
02:43with most people being evacuated to the nearby towns of Omis.
02:47Strong winds that repeatedly changed direction filled the flames and complicated firefighting efforts, with the blaze approaching additional homes.
02:55For this part, Somis deputy mayor, Ivan Pouvesky, said that numerous houses had burned and more buildings remained threatened, describing
03:04the situation as extremely difficult.
03:06Evacuations were carried out by land and sea, with harbor authorities boats transporting people from areas threatened by the fire.
03:21And in Japan, record-breaking rainfall east of Tokyo has flooded homes and roads, leaving at least four people dead,
03:28one missing, and thousands tended across Sheba prefecture.
03:31Unprecedented downpours dumped over 11,000 centimeters of rain in a single hour, flooding dozens of homes and knocking out
03:38powers to tens of thousands.
03:40Fatalities include residents trapped in flooded cars and roads in Ishikawa, Sakura, and Kashiwa.
03:46Japan's military dispatched buses to rescue thousands stranded overnight at Soga train station, while thousands more were stuck at Narita
03:55airport, as rail services were suspended during the busy holiday week.
03:59Although the rain briefly subsided on Friday morning, weather officials warned that additional rainfall could trigger further flooding and landslides
04:08in low-lying areas.
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