over 50°C recorded in Baghdad, Iraq

The heat wave has severely affected France in recent days, but this is nothing compared to the situation observed in Iraq. In Baghdad (Iraq), a milestone has been reached. More than 50°C were recorded in some places. The situation is untenable for the worker interviewed by France Télévisions. “I pour very cold water. I can’t work if I don’t pour water. It’s unbearably hot”explains Abbas, construction worker.

Work or starve

“But we have no other solution. Because if we sit still without working, we will starve”, he continues. After a spring marked by a dozen sandstorms. The summer in Iraq promises to be unbearable. Several episodes of heat wave are expected. A heat wave phenomenon which should also increase in the years to come in Iraq. The United Nations ranks the country among the five most vulnerable to climate change.