Tourists and residents swelter in heat as temperatures rise to 44C in Spain, with forest fires in Greece and Croatia
Tourists look up at the Acropolis hill in Athens. The second heatwave of the summer brought hot, dry winds, forest fires and temperatures of up to 43C on Thursday.Tourists look up at the Acropolis hill in Athens. The second heatwave of the summer brought hot, dry winds, forest fires and temperatures of up to 43C on Thursday.
“Today, the skies will remain full of sand from the Sahara, especially in the south-east of the peninsula, in Ceuta, Melilla, the Balearics and the eastern Canaries.”Spain’s health ministry issued alerts for large parts of the country, calling on people to take all necessary precautions against the high temperatures: “When it comes to the heat: protect yourself; hydrate yourself; refresh yourself, and take care of more vulnerable people.
“The heat is killing 3,000 people a year and it’s going to get worse. But while exposure to extreme heat is going to rise, we can also step up our adaptation to it … Although it’s hotter in Spain than it was 20 years ago, fewer people are dying because homes are better adapted, because we have air conditioning, and because people are getting into a culture of dealing with the heat.”, the second heatwave of the summer brought hot, dry winds, forest fires and temperatures of up to 43C on Thursday.
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