Resorts across Europe forced to close due to unforeseen winter heatwave

The temperatures reached never-before-seen high temperatures in many European states pushing meteorologists to raise alarm.

In at least seven countries, temperatures records have been broken.

France, Germany, Ukraine, Nertherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Poland.

In Warsaw, Poland, they recorded 5 degrees Celsius higher than the previous record which was set 30 years ago.

In Spain, they experienced temperatures that are usually expected at the start of July.

This situations saw many ski resorts, that had just opened weeks before, close shop.

Meteorologists and climatologists were shocked by the development saying that this winter weather has similarities to summer.

“We just observed the warmest January day on record for many countries in Europe. Truly unprecedented in modern records,” Scottish meteorologist Scott Duncan tweeted.

“The most extreme event ever seen in European climatology. Nothing stands close to this," Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist. 

Repeated calls by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been made for a tremendous decrease in global use of fossil fuel to avoid climate calamity.

Burning fossil fuels is the major stumbling block towards climate emergency.

"It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible," Jim Skea, IPCC Working Group III co-chair said.