Meteorologists warn that the temperatures will reach all-time highs in southern Europe in the coming days.
Spain, Italy and Greece have been registering for several days now temperatures scorching heat, which has damaged agriculture and left tourists running for shade.
But a new high cyclone nicknamed Charon, who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead, entered the region from North Africa on Sunday and could raise the temperatures above 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some parts of Italy earlier this week.
heat record
“We have to prepare for a strong storm of heat that, day after day, will cover the entire country,” the Italian meteorological service Meteo.it warned on Sunday.
“In some places old records of heat“.
Greece closed the ancient Acropolis on Friday during the hottest hours of the day to protect tourists.
Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said people should be careful when visiting the famous ruins of Rome.
“It is not advisable to go to the Colosseum when the temperature it’s 43 degrees Celsius, especially if it’s an elderly person,” he told Il Messaggero newspaper on Sunday, indicating that people should stay home between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
In addition to the Italian capital, there were health alerts from the central city of Florence to Palermo, in Sicily, and Bari, in the southeast of the peninsula, while the temperatures they were beginning to climb further north as well.
“This is not normal. I don’t remember a heat so intense, especially at this time of year,” said Federico Bratti, sunbathing on Lake Garda.
In Spain, meteorologists warned of the risk of forest fires and said it would not be easy to sleep at night, with temperatures which probably won’t drop below 25C (77F) across the country.
The heat wave It will intensify from Monday, with temperatures reaching 44C (111.2F) in the Guadalquivir valley near Seville in the south of the country, forecasters forecast.
On the Spanish island of La Palma, in the Canaries, at least 4,000 people had to be evacuated by a Forest fire out of control due to the heat wave, according to authorities.
bleak prognosis
According to meteorologists, in the next few days the temperature could be exceeded. temperature highest recorded in Europe, 48.8ºC, recorded in Sicily two years ago, especially on the Italian island of Sardinia.
The heat wave it has spread across the Mediterranean to Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hospitalized on Saturday suffering from dizziness and apparent dehydration. He was released on Sunday.
“I ask all of you to spend less time in the sun that you drink more water, and that we all have a good new week,” he said.
In USA High temperatures were also recorded, with nearly a quarter of the population under extreme heat alert, from the Pacific Northwest, through California, the Southwest and into the Deep South and Florida.
Source: Ambito
