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Fars News Agency – Visual Group – Alireza Sephovand: This year, the most unprecedented drought in the written history of Europe was recorded. Britain crossed the 40 degree Celsius mark for the first time and thousands of hectares of forests and pastures were set on fire. You can see all of this below in the video narration of the Guardian.
Europe’s worst drought: in pictures
Greenwich Park parched, Berlin drought and wildfires from Spain to Belgium – Europe is feeling the heat in full this summer.
Europe affected by drought crisis caused by climate change Polymer Main image: The small river Panke in Berlin has completely dried up in some areas and the local fishing ponds of the fishing association have disappeared.
Le Brent, Switzerland
An aerial view taken on August 4 shows the dry bed of Lac de Brent, part of the Doubs River – the natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland. As many parts of Europe grapple with the third heat wave since June, the river has dried up. The drying up of this river is a combination of factors including geological faults, reduced rainfall and extreme heat waves.
Photo: Fabrice Cafarini/Getty Images
Le Teste de Bosch, France
July 16, a fire caused by extreme heat on dune du pilat. Firefighters were mobilized across the south of France, and the Gironde forest fire destroyed more than 10,000 hectares of land.
Photo: Gaizka Iroz/Getty Images
Kent, England
A view of the greens and fairways at a golf course near New Romney in Kent on August 5, as parched parts of England face piped water bans ahead of a recent heatwave. Months of lack of rainfall, combined with record temperatures in July, have lowered river levels to extreme levels, emptied storage reservoirs, and completely dried up the region’s soil.
Photo: Garrett Fuller/pa
Linarolo, Italy
People rest on the Po riverbed next to the Beka bridge at sunset. Italy’s longest river turned into a long stretch of sand due to lack of rain, the Lommelina rice fields – located between the river and the Alps – are facing a crisis without enough water to irrigate the paddies.
Photo: Luca Bruno/Associated Press
Mount Marmolada, Italy
A helicopter flight over the melted part of a glacier on July 4, a day after its collapse led to an avalanche in Kenazi, killing at least ten people.
Photo: Andre Solero/epa
Gignac, France
People look at a forest fire in Gignac on July 26. France is going through a dry summer and forest fires are raging across the country.
Photo: Sylvain Thomas/AFP/Getty Images
Rupa, Italy
Smoke rises from a forest fire near the border with Slovenia on July 20.
Photo: Borat Zivolovic/Reuters
De Haan, Belgium
Burnt cars are seen on July 19 after a fire in the coastal dunes caused by a heat wave. When the fire broke out, the beaches were evacuated.
Photo: Rex/Shutterstock
Galicia, Spain
A plume of smoke rises into the sky from a forest fire in Ornes on July 17. A total of 12 forest fires with an area of 4430 hectares have been active in the region.
Photo: Bryce Lorenzo/epa
Le Polygen, France
A salt production worker harvests sea salt in western France on August 5, after production doubled due to an unprecedented heat wave in the country. Sunlight and light winds cause seawater to evaporate, which is released into the salt pans during high tide.
Photo: Yan Tsieh/Reuters
Casal da Quinta, Portugal
A firefighting volunteer uses a tree branch to prevent a forest fire from reaching homes on July 12. Hundreds of firefighters were dispatched to fight the blaze, which led to the evacuation of dozens of people from their homes in the surrounding villages of Santarém, Liria and Pombal.
Photo: Zhao Henriques/Associated Press
Turin, Italy
A man walks on the dry bed of Sangune river.
Photo: Massimo Pinka/Reuters
Ankara, Turkey
A photographer takes a picture of the cracked soil of Dikilitas pond in Golbasi region after the drought.
Photo: Adam Altan/AFP/Getty Images
Guadalajara, Spain
A dead tree in a harvested wheat field on July 31. Spain has been dealing with some of the driest weather conditions for several years, with potentially severe consequences for agriculture and tourism. Some areas are currently facing water restrictions.
Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images
Kirstena, Greece
On July 24, near the city of Crestana, near ancient Olympia, an electric cable sparks. Authorities evacuated five other villages in the area, while at least six other fires were burning across Greece, the fire service said. Some of them took several days.
Photo: Giannis Spironis/Associated Press
London, England
A dry lawn in Greenwich Park in front of the Queen’s House and Canary Wharf in the background.
Photo: Johnny Armstead/Rex/Shutterstock
Lubith, Netherlands
On August 3rd, a bicycle that had been submerged in the Rhine River for a long time emerged as the river’s water level receded.
Photo: Vincent Janink/Getty Images/anp/afp/getty images
Massarossa, Italy
Firefighters trying to put out the fire on July 20.
Photo: Federico Scopa/AFP/Getty Images
Ourense, Spain
An aerial view taken on February 15 of the flooded ruins of the former village of Acerdo, which have emerged from under the reservoir of the Lindozo hydroelectric power plant due to low water levels. The people of the village were evicted from their homes in 1992 for the construction of a water tank.
Photo: Carmelo Allen/AFP/Getty Images
Berlin, Germany
The small Panke River has completely dried up in some areas. The Panko Fishing Association’s carp ponds, supplied by Panko, are also drying up.
Photo: F. Boylot, instant photo/rex/shutterstock
Your owners, Italy
A dead fish lies in the dry bed of the Po River on June 23. Parts of Italy’s largest freshwater reservoir have dried up due to the worst drought in 70 years.
Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane / Reuters
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