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August 12, 2025

Middle East and Europe Swelter Under Record Heat
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Iraq's Energy Ministry says it's restoring power after a power outage
hit central and southern Iraq amid record heat fueled by the climate
crisis. Temperatures in the capital Baghdad reached 50 degrees Celsius,
or 122 degrees Fahrenheit.

Meanwhile, southern Europe is experiencing a deadly heat wave with
temperatures in some areas topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit. In Italy, a
4-year-old boy died of a heatstroke. In Spain, at least one person has
died from burns, while thousands more have been forced to flee
fast-moving wildfires.

Evangelina Peral Delgado: "We are completely helpless and abandoned.
Someone, do something for us, because we are burning. We might not be a
national park, but we are people! No one does anything. No one."



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