“We are expecting 43 degrees and more in the next few days,” said a meteorologist from the Greek television station ERT. Early on Monday afternoon, it was 38 degrees in Athens. The effects of the heat have been felt across the country for days: the high temperatures, for example, caused the tracks of the suburban railway in the port city of Patras to deform.
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The civil protection agency once again called on elderly or sick people not to go out on the streets. “The bad thing is that we can’t sleep at night because of the heat,” a passerby in Athens told Greek television. In addition, according to the civil protection agency, the risk of fire is very high due to the dryness, heat and strong winds currently blowing around the Aegean. There have already been hundreds of fires in Greece in recent weeks.
Since the beginning of June, thermometers have been showing temperatures of up to 40 degrees in almost all regions of the mainland. Meteorologists have already declared last month to be the hottest since measurements began in 1890.
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