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Temperatures have reached 51 ° C in the shade in Baghdad. Moreover, several provinces in southern Iraq, meteorological services announced on Monday during a new heat wave affecting this harshly hit by the effects of climate change.
The country of 46 million inhabitants undergoes an increase in temperatures, chronic power cuts, water shortages and annual dryness.
Temperatures in summer often reach 52 ° C.
In the animated streets of Baghdad. Therefore, tired passers -by sought a little respite on Monday by approaching the mistateurs installed near restaurants and stores.
Others bought bottles of water from itinerant sellers to get their face wet while cars stopped on the side. Similarly, of the road to cool their engine.
The temperatures in the shade reached 51 ° C in Baghdad. in the southern provinces of Bassora, Missan, Dhi Qar and that of Wasit, in the more than 50 ° c center of the country.
Water shortage. electricity cuts
It reached 50 ° C in eight other provinces and should drop slightly on Wednesday, according to the meteorological center quoted by the official INA news agency.
In recent years. Iraqis have gathered each summer to protest against electricity cuts and water shortages that disrupt their daily lives.
Hundreds of people blocked roads. burned tires on Friday and Sunday near the cities of Hilla and Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad.
According to the Department of Water Resources. this year is one of the driest since 1933 and Iraq water reserves are currently eight percent of their capacity.
The authorities also accuse the dams built upstream in neighboring countries. Iran and Turkey, of drastically reducing the flow of the tiger and the Euphrates, which have irrigated Iraq for millennia.
In the region, Turkey recorded on Saturday 50.5 ° C in the Southeast, a record more than 50 ° c in this country. Last week, a heat wave disrupted the supply of water and electricity in a large part of Iran.
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