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Empty streets in Romania's sweltering capital

(19 Jul 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Bucharest, Romania - 19 July 2023 1. Unirii Square in central Bucharest 2. Fountains, with Houses of the Parliament in the back 3. Fountains as seen from helmet camera on motorbike 4. Various of fountains 5. Various of Houses of the Parliament, communist era-built structure 6. Kiseleff boulevard which is lined with trees, leading up to Arch of Triumph 7. Various of Arch of Triumph in central Bucharest 8. Underground tunnel in central Bucharest, helmet camera shot 9. Bucharest old city centre 10. Main boulevard in centre of town with old buildings of the state-owned CEC Bank on the righthand side 11. Buildings in centre of town 12. Various of Stavropoleos Church that dates back to 1724 13. Green boulevard in central Bucharest, shot by helmet camera 14. National library on Dambovitza river banks 15. Duck sitting in the water in centre of town 16. Various of fisherman near the National Library, green promenade on the left 17. People walking under the trees on river banks 18. Various of Herastrau park in centre of town 19. Old fashion style clock STORYLINE: Romania's capital is facing high temperatures this summer with few people in the streets because of vacations and very few tourists spotted. People took cover in dense parks in the centre of town on Wednesday, where the trees offered some reprieve from the heat. Fishermen could be spotted on Dambovitza banks, hoping to catch a fish as ducks nearby took dips in the water. First mentioned in old documents back in 1459 as founded by Vlad the Impaler, Bucharest became capital in 1866. It is the largest city in Romania with almost 2 million inhabitants. With heat records being shattered all over the world, scientists say there is a chance that 2023 will go down as the hottest year since the records stared in the mid-19th century. At the same time, many parts of the globe are seeing heavy rains and are hit by floods. High temperatures are being driven by long term human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas and a naturally occurring weather pattern, El Nino. El Nino is a temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts weather patterns across the globe, often by moving the airborne paths for storms. It adds more heat to the already rising temperatures. Scientists say that most of the record warming the Earth is now seeing is from human-caused climate change, partly because El Nino only started a few months ago and is still weak to moderate. It isn’t expected to peak until winter, so the prediction is the next year will be even hotter than 2023. AP video shot by Nicolae Dumitrache =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...