AP: 'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043309/southern-europe-heat-wave-104-degrees #heatwave #spain #italy
**AP does not mention climate change, and blames a "wave of hot air from Africa" 🙄
@ai6yr It does mention climate change, although it's buried fairly deep in the story:
"Fellow concert-goer Mattia Rossi was more philosophical, noting that the freak storms that hit Italy earlier this summer as evidence of climate change wreaking havoc on the southern Mediterranean's weather systems."
The NPR page also has side links to numerous climate stories.
On vaguely blaming Africa, one is reminded of the closing placard from The Swarm (1978):
"The African killer bee portrayed in this film bears absolutely no relationship to the industrious, hard-working American honey bee to which we are indebted for pollinating vital crops that feed our nation."
