Njengoba igagasi lokushisa ligubuzela iFrance, uMnyango waseGironde ungene Bordeaux uvimbe imicimbi yangaphandle kanjalo nemicimbi yasendlini engenazo izipholile.
Izinga lokushisa lifinyelele phezulu ku-104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) ngoLwesine olwedlule, futhi amazinga okushisa kulindeleke ukuthi aqhubeke ekhuphukela ku-41-42 C.
UNdunankulu, u-Elisabeth Borne, uchaze ukuthi eminye iminyango eningizimu ifakwe ngaphansi kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-vigilance rouge" - izinga eliphakeme kakhulu lokuxwayisa.
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseFrance uthe nge-Twitter: "Ungazichazi esimweni sezulu futhi uqaphe kakhulu."
Isikhulu sendawo uFabienne Buccio ucashunwe ethi, "Wonke umuntu manje ubhekene nobungozi bezempilo."
Leli gagasi lokushisa langaphambi kwesikhathi libangelwa inqwaba yomoya oshisayo oqhamuka enyakatho ne-Afrika. Sekuvele kubangele ukusha kwehlathi okuhlasimulisayo esifundeni saseLozere lapho okungenani izicishamlilo eziyi-100 zilwe nomlilo oshise amahektha angama-70 ehlathi.
Izinga lokushisa eliphakeme kakhulu elirekhodiwe eFrance ibingu-46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) emuva ngoJuni 28, 2019 eVerargus, idolobhana eliseningizimu.
ISpain nayo ibhekene naleli gagasi lokushisa lokuqala. Bobabili iFrance neSpain babhalise amazinga abo okushisa ashisa kakhulu ngoMeyi emlandweni. E-Pissos eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFrance, izinga lokushisa lifike ku-107 degrees Fahrenheit ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ngenkathi esikhumulweni sezindiza saseValencia eSpain i-mercury ifinyelele ku-102 degrees Fahrenheit. Bekuyi-111.5 degrees Fahrehenit e-Andujar, eSpain, ngoLwesihlanu.
Amakhulu ezinyoni zezinyoni okuthiwa ama-Swift, okuwuhlobo oluvikelwe, aphekwe ashona ngenxa yokushisa okukhulu kwaseSpain njengoba ezama ukushiya izidleke zazo ezishisa kakhulu ezakhiwe njengezindawo ezivalekile ngokuvamile emigodini ezakhiweni ezenziwe ngensimbi noma ukhonkolo. Lokhu kwenza izimo zikahhavini zibe lula, ngakho lezi zinyoni bezilokhu zizama ukuphunyuka ukuze zikwazi ukunqotshwa ukushisa ngaphandle.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Hundreds of baby Swift birds, a protected species, have been cooked to death in the overwhelming Spain heat as they tried to leave their extremely hot nests which are built as enclosed habitats usually in hollows in buildings made metal or concrete.
- In Pissos located in southwest France, the temperature hit 107 degrees Fahrenheit this past Friday while at the Valencia airport in Spain the mercury reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The highest temperature on record in France was 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) back on June 28, 2019 in Verargus, a southern village.
