2022 European heatwaves

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From June to August 2022, persistent heatwaves affected parts of Europe, causing evacuations and a confirmed death toll of 24,501. However, upper estimates suggested more than 61,000 heat-related deaths between 30 May and 4 September. These heat waves were the deadliest meteorological events in 2022. The highest temperature recorded was 47.0 °C (116.6 °F) in Pinhão, Portugal, on 14 July.

European Space Agency image from 18 June, showing many areas of France above 34 °C (93 °F)

Dried trees in Ravilloles, Jura

Forecast maximum temperatures for 12 June in the Iberian Peninsula.

A thermometer showing 39 °C (102 °F) on a street in Valladolid on 15 June.

Alijó

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Alijó is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2021 was 10,486, in an area of 297.60 km2.

Part of the landscape of Pinhão, which motivated the classification parts of Alijó as UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Anta da Fonte Coberta, a funerary dolmen in the parish of Vila Chã

The vineyards along the terraced hilltops of Alijó

The parish of Castedo (do Douro) in rolling hills of the municipality