A second heatwave has hit Europe in the space of a week and experts have warned that temperatures will continue to rise across the continent in the years ahead. Temperatures in the UK, Spain and France could reach a sizzling 38 degrees Celsius this weekend, with the hot spell expected to last for up to a week. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the scorching heat has been caused by a stream of hot air blown across Europe from North Africa. Laura Paterson, a WMO meteorologist, told CGTN Europe: "At the moment, there is extreme heat developing across large parts of Western Europe and this is related to a buckling of the jet stream. "Across the eastern Atlantic, the jet stream is diving south and then coming further north again and that's dragging very warm, very hot air up from close to northern Africa, up northwards, across Spain, across France and heading into parts of the UK."

Source: The North Africa Journal August 07, 2020 18:42 UTC