A village of 800 people in Spain has only four hours of water a day as Europe continues to heat up under theheatwave.
Unprecedented temperatures hitting the continent have dried up the taps of Bonastre, just south of Barcelona, leaving nearly 50% of the continent on drought alert.
Residents have access to water only from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. each day, he reports Euronews.
"Theoretically, we have four hours of water a day," said 43-year-old Mario Ferrario.
"I take my daughters to summer school early in the morning, butthere is no water." was only 40% capacity. The country faces the driest climate in at least her 1,200 years, according to a report in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Wildfires tore through parts of France, Spain and Portugal on Thursday as heatwave torched Europe , European Space Agency chief says climate crisis.
More than 1,000 firefighters, aided by water bombers, have homed thousands of people in the Gironde region of southwestern France. For three days, they fought the "monster" fire that drove them out of the forest and scorched thousands of hectares of forest.
Heat waves are affecting farm crops across Europe
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President Emmanuel Macron said several European Union nations sent reinforcements to help contain the blaze, describing it as a dangerous mixture of ferocious temperatures, crater conditions and winds fanning the flames. said to be deploying
"It's an ogre, a monster," said Gregory Arione of the French firefighters' association FNSPF.
Heatwaves, floods and collapsing glaciers in recent weeks have raised concerns over the climate crisis,extreme weatherincreasing in frequency and intensity around the world.
Josef Aschbacher, head of the European Space Agency, said rising ground temperatures and shrinking rivers measured from space cast doubt on the impact of climate change on agriculture and other industries. said there was no room for
ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite series has measured 'extreme' surface temperatures of over 45 degrees (113 degrees) in the UK, 50 degrees in France and over 60 degrees in Spain in recent weeks. .
"It's pretty bad. We've seen extreme phenomena that have never been observed before," Aschbacher told Reuters.
