2023-07-16 10:03:07
Temperatures remained around 35 degrees Celsius on Saturday.
AP | In the Czech Republic, high temperatures reached new record levels for a July 15
Soaring temperatures in Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for the second day in a row and authorities warned on Saturday that the weather next week will be hotter as thermometers are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). ) in various tourist destinations in the Mediterranean.
In the cities, those who ventured out sought to cool off in fountains and others in pools, the sea or the shade in the hope of mitigating the heat wave attributed to Cerberus. The high-pressure anticyclone was named after the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld in ancient Greek mythology.
Fifteen cities in Italy, mostly in the center and south of the country, were under heat advisories, indicative of the level of risk for the elderly, the sick, children and other vulnerable people.
Temperatures remained around 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) on Saturday across much of the Italian peninsula, with forecasts for them to hit 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Sardinia, Sicily and Apulia.
Cities that were under heat alerts include big tourist destinations like Bologna, Florence and Rome. In the capital, high temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) on Saturday and could rise to 42 Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, although they could be worse in other Italian cities.
In the capital of Greece, where a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit) was forecast, authorities decided to keep the archaeological site of the Acropolis closed from noon to 5:30 p.m. the same as Friday.
In the Czech Republic, high temperatures reached new record levels for July 15.
The thermometer registered 38.6 degrees Celsius (101.5 F) in Plzen-Bolevec, in the west of the country, which exceeded the previous mark of 36.8 Celsius for that day registered in 2007 in Podebrady, east of Prague, in agreement with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
Temperatures were more moderate in the Spanish Canary Islands, although a forest fire on the island of La Palma caused the preventive eviction of some 500 people.
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