“Heat Apocalypse” hits Europe as U.K. braces for Record Heat

As the coming of Jesus will be like the Days of Noah, the weather will become worst. Europe burns as a heatwave causes fatalities to break temperature records, and feeds ferocious wildfires.

Britain on Monday braced for what could become its hottest day on record, as French authorities warned of a “heat apocalypse”. Emergency services across Europe confront spreading wildfires and rising death tolls.

British authorities have declared a national emergency and for the first time issued a “red extreme” heat warning.  Forecasters predicted that a number of heat records could be toppled Monday, with Britain expecting temperatures of up to 106 degrees.

Across Europe, the human toll of the continent’s most recent heat wave was becoming increasingly visible Monday.

Thousands more people were expected to be evacuated amid rapidly spreading wildfires in Spain, France, and Portugal.

In France and Spain, firefighting services and hospitals were strained. France announced it would deploy hundreds of additional firefighters to the most severely hit regions, including the popular beaches and vacation spots on the country’s west coast.

Spain said in many places, the available firefighting planes were already working at capacity.  Spain says that over 350 people died as a result of heat in the country last week far above the weekly average of about 60 deaths.

Over 800 heat-linked deaths were reported in June, when similarly scorching temperatures hit the country and other parts of Europe, with temperatures reaching between 104 and 110 degrees.

Britain isn’t designed for extreme heat. Very few homes have air conditioning and instead, houses have traditionally been built to retain heat.

Maintenance crews were spreading sand on the highways to keep the roads from melting.

Transit officials advised passengers to stay away and ordered trains to slow down as maintenance crews were on the lookout for steel tracks bending and buckling in the heat.

In France, national railway operator SNCF similarly urged travelers to carry water bottles and to be prepared for delays.

After a heat wave killed an estimated 15,000 people in France in 2003, French nursing homes developed emergency plans. Many of them are now equipped with air-conditioned rooms, additional ventilation, or sprinklers that cool down building facades.

In Paris, city authorities encourage residents and tourists to use a dedicated website to find over 900 “islands of coolness,” which include city parks, cemeteries, swimming pools, and museums.

2 Chronicles 7:13  If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.