Heatwave Threatens Nordic Crops as Lapland Gets New Heat Record
- Finnish grain crop could fall by 30 percent from last year
- Two nuclear reactors halted unexpectedly on Wednesday
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The heatwave that’s gripping northern Europe is sending power prices skyrocketing, threatening Nordic grain crops and forcing Sweden to seek help from Italy and France to help combat wildfires.
As the chart below shows, there’s no let up until early August when the temperatures could start to fall back toward more normal summer levels. Even in Finnish Lapland, the home of Santa, a new heat record of 33.4 degrees Celsius (92 Fahrenheit) was reached on Wednesday.