Alarming heat wave: Germany threatens up to 42 degrees!

Alarming heat wave: Germany threatens up to 42 degrees!

Deutschland - The summer of 2025 will reach its ruthless climax, while Germany and especially Cologne are preparing for a massive heat wave that will take control of the whole country in the next few days. According to Fr. to 42 degrees Celsius in the room. For many cities, the risk of new temperature records, which was last recorded in July 2019 at 41.2 degrees in Duisburg, becomes tangible reality.

Older people, sick and socially weaker people are particularly at risk. The Federal Environment Agency confirms that the years 2000 to 2024 a dramatic increase of "hot days" - defines nights as days with temperatures above 30 degrees - and "tropical nights" - nights when the temperatures do not fall below 20 degrees. These extreme conditions can cause health problems that have serious consequences. In the heat summer 2018 and 2019, around 15,600 people also died of heat-related complications in Germany, which illustrates the extent of the challenge. Environmental Federal Office reports on these worrying trends and also emphasizes that Tropical nights, especially in urban areas, occur three times more often than in rural regions, which underlines the urban heating effect.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) also sees the health risks through heat as one of the greatest challenges of the present. According to rki , the health suffers above all of the older part of the population, as well as people with previous illnesses and pregnant women from extreme temperatures. In order to counteract this, programs to determine the heat -related abdominal and improve the methodology to estimate these deaths in the focus of the health authorities.

A call to solidarity

An important call that will be loud in the coming days applies to solidarity in our communities. Especially those who might stumble in the heat - be it due to the lack of access to cool rooms or health restrictions - need support. A simple question from older neighbors, whether they have enough to drink, can already make a big difference.

This upcoming heat wave once again shows how important it is to face the challenges of climate change. This weather phenomenon is not only unnecessary stress for our body, but also a clear indication of the dangers that climate change brings. It is up to us to take responsibility for ourselves and the community.