Across the globe, countries such as Japan, Italy, Norway, Iran and Finland are breaking heat records as a swing of heat waves makes life very difficult. One question people keep asking is are they occuring more often?
Lets start to answer that by stating what is a heat wave. simply put it is a system of high atmospheric pressure moves into an area and lasts two or more days.
Climate change is making these occur more often and increasing the intensity of these high pressure systems changing the local climate in many places. Causing Droughts and wild fires in places that don't usually have them causing issues of having more problems for emergency services and other bodies