July 26, 2019

As a historic heatwave scorched Western Europe this week, setting record high temperatures at well over 100 degrees in places like France, Belgium and Germany, people and infrastructure alike struggled to keep up.

On Friday, morning train commuters faced disruption after the extreme heat wreaked havoc on the rail network and airports. Widespread delays also continued at Heathrow and Gatwick, the two U.K. biggest airports, leaving passengers stranded.

“It’s intense. Climate change makes this extreme heat so much more likely. This is something that virtually couldn’t happen if not for climate change,” Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist at the University of Oxford, told CNBC.

Read more:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/scorching-heatwave-causes-flight-and-railway-delays-in-europe.html