![]() ![]() ![]() Marcus Moore is in Greece, where wildfires have raged for nearly a week outside Athens. Europe suffering through an intense heat wave with the highest temperatures ever recorded in some countries. RADDATZ: Zohreen Shah, thanks so much to you. They actually predict the actual impact of the heat on emergency incidents is actually a lot higher than that too. Now, we were here with firefighters yesterday too, and they tell me they have seen 26 pure heat-related incidents and illnesses in the Palm Springs region since just Friday. And on Friday, the area hit 120, inching very close to that record. The all-time record high in Palm Springs is 123 degrees. Palm Springs reached a record ninth consecutive day of over 115 degrees. And the fear is that a prolonged stretch like this can impact businesses and just the entire ecosystem in a very big way. It is just too dangerous to be outside during the day. People finally came out in the evening, but it was practically a ghost town in the afternoon compared to a normal summer night. Yesterday, we were in downtown Palm Springs, in the heart of that city. And you get a sense of the strain on the communities just being out here. And this is just one of the many communities in this region facing this challenge of this long heat wave. The Palm Springs area, as you know, they are used to this heat, but they've never seen anything like this before. ZOHREEN SHAH, ABC NEWS NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Martha. We'll cover the relentless heat from all angles this morning, beginning with Zohreen Shah just outside Palm Springs, California. It's an urgent global challenge for people, their communities, their countries, and the planet we all share. It's a record that is not likely to stand for long as scientists warn that human activities contributing to an increasingly warming planet could lead to a future where weather like this will become more common, more deadly, and longer lasting. The extreme heat is also searing Europe and Asia, putting the world on track once again for the hottest month ever recorded. ![]() It's engulfed parts of the country for weeks, torching the southwestern and eastern United States with triple-digit temperatures, leaving tens of millions of people under heat alert this weekend. Wherever you are joining us from this morning, the scorching summer heat wave, unlike anything we've seen before, is affecting your life. ![]()
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