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Brutal heatwave scorches southern Europe as continent's summer of extreme weather rages on
隨著歐洲大陸極端氣候肆虐，殘酷的熱浪襲捲歐洲南部
brutal 殘酷
plague 困擾
just shy of 略低於
freak 不尋常、怪異的
continent 洲
Extreme heat and wildfires continued to plague parts of southern Europe on Wednesday, a day after the top temperature in Greece reached 47.1 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) -- just shy of the highest ever recorded in Europe.
在希臘的最高氣溫達到攝氏47.1度(華氏117度)的第二天，極端高溫和野火在週三持續肆虐歐洲南部的部分地區，僅略低於歐洲最高紀錄。
Greece is facing one of its worst heatwaves in decades and the country remains on high alert as it continues to battle blazes across the country.
希臘正面臨幾十年來最嚴重的熱浪之一，該國保持高度警戒，並持續對抗漫延全國的大火。
Residents of the Greek capital, Athens, have been warned to stay indoors with their windows closed because of poor air quality after a wildfire raged Tuesday in the suburbs north of the capital.
週二在首都北部郊區發生野火後，由於空氣品質變差，希臘首都雅典的居民被警告待在家並關上窗戶。
Heat warnings have also been issued for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Deadly wildfires have swept across parts of Turkey in recent days and forced the evacuation of tourist resorts.
波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納、保加利亞、義大利、羅馬尼亞、塞爾維亞和土耳其也都發布高溫警告。最近幾天，致命野火襲捲土耳其的部分地區，迫使旅遊勝地的人員撤離。
Experts say freak weather events like the floods in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as the recent heatwave and wildfires across Canada and the US, are a sign of the impacts of climate change.
專家表示，像在德國、比利時和荷蘭的洪水，以及最近在加拿大和美國的熱浪和野火等異常天氣，都是受到氣候變遷的影響。
Droughts are becoming more frequent and more severe in southern Europe, and environmental authorities have warned that the region is at the greatest risk from the impacts of climate change on the continent.
南歐的乾旱越來越頻繁和嚴重，環境當局警告，面對氣候變遷的影響的跡象，該地區是歐洲大陸風險最高的地區。
資料來源:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/04/europe/southern-europe-extreme-weather-intl/index.html
