Germany was no match for the heat tsunami

Germany is physically incapable of withstanding the “record-breaking heat.” And the snow accumulated on Swiss glaciers over the winter is already melted.

It was all expected, but they were still unprepared – even with the proverbial German efficiency.

The shock currently bringing Germany to its knees is not just thermal. The country is physically incapable of withstanding the “record-breaking heat”: from citizens entirely unaccustomed to living with African temperatures to infrastructure designed for an Atlantic climate, it is getting pummelled from every angle.

Meanwhile, the country is literally melting in the sun, which on Saturday, June 27 pushed the temperature in Berlin up to 41 degrees Celsius. The result: the capital (which was freezing at minus 20 degrees six months ago) now resembles Dubai in its “Stadtbild” – the city's image, to use Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s vocabulary – with deserted streets and people locked indoors during red-alert hours. The only difference is that here, less than 10% of residents live in air-conditioned........

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