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Europe, a record heat wave of over 40 degrees Celsius continues for several days, and large wildfires are spreading everywhere.
UN Secretary-General Guterres emphasized that humanity is facing a climate crisis and must respond together.
Correspondent Kwak Sang-eun of Paris reports.
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a village in Spain, an excavator is heading towards a wildfire.
He tries to build a stop line, but is caught in flames.
In another central town, wildfires swept through the wind at frightening speeds, devouring roads and houses in seconds.
The train service was also halted due to the wildfire that reached the city center.
In Spain, France and Portugal, large-scale wildfires have already continued for several days, causing more than 32,000 people to evacuate, spreading damage.
[Victims of Victims: We are all in great pain.
This is an unacceptable punishment.]
The record-breaking heat wave has also resulted in human casualties.
In Spain and Portugal alone, when the highest temperatures soared over 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves killed more than 1,100 people.
Even in the UK, where the heat wave is not familiar, today (19th) the midday temperature will rise by more than 40 degrees, a forecast that it will record the highest in more than 360 years of meteorological observation.
[London citizen: Global warming is really serious.
It is said that such a heat wave will get worse in the future.]
In the UK, some sections of the runways were inflated with heat, so airport operations were suspended, and trains were also canceled in some sections due to the risk of twisting the tracks.
[António Guterres / UN Secretary-General: Half of humanity is threatened by floods, droughts, storms and wildfires.
We are at the crossroads of a choice between joint response and mass suicide.]
As heat waves continue in Germany, Italy and Belgium, it is predicted that the damage in Europe will increase in the future.
(Video Edit: Hojin Kim)
▶ The 'blocking high pressure' that causes the heat wave is also around us