In June and early July 2025, Europe experienced a formidable heatwave—the earliest and one of the most intense on record. A persistent “heat dome” funneled scorching air across Southern and Western Europe, pushing temperatures beyond 46 °C in Spain and Portugal, and above 40 °C in France, Italy, and Greece. This extreme event led to multiple infrastructure disruptions, wildfires, health warnings, and even fatalities.
GIS platforms when overlaid with satellite and river gauge data—make it possible to monitor temporal changes in water depth, forecast transportation bottlenecks, and visualize energy supply risks across regions.
GeoEasy users can layer energy infrastructure with live demand data, locate areas at risk of load-shedding, and plan distributed storage systems to avoid outages.
GIS helps identify high-risk urban zones where heat islands coincide with socio-economic vulnerabilities—allowing public health teams to direct cooling centers, emergency messaging, and outreach precisely where needed.
With satellite thermal alerts, land cover change detection, and proximity analysis in GIS, firefighting and evacuation strategies can be targeted more effectively and in real time.
A study across 85 cities shows Europe’s "heat season" now spans up to five months—e.g., Athens 145 days; Lisbon 136; Madrid 119 days. Heatwaves are occurring earlier (late spring) and lasting longer into autumn.
GeoEasy can integrate these changing climate regimes and early warning data, providing automated alerts for planners and organizations to prepare long before traditional summer months.
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