The city administration closed the ancient castle, a popular tourist destination, on Friday after the temperature in the shade exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.

According to the Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, at the top of the Acropolis, in the scorching sun, people tolerate the heat worse. Ambulances were also sent to the site because many visitors fell ill during the week. The local Red Cross distributed bottles of cold water, and screens were put up – Reuters reports.

During a heat wave, the Acropolis cannot be visited between 12:00 and 5:00 pm to “protect workers and tourists”. Not all visitors agree with the decision, many of them expressing their discontent that they had bought a €50 VIP ticket in advance, which gives them access outside the queue, so they can’t use it.

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According to the European Space Agency’s satellite measurements, Italy, Spain, Greece, France and Germany are also affected by extreme heat, and the European heat record may be broken next week: up to 48-49 degrees can be measured in Sicily.

Last Thursday was the hottest day on Earth, with an average global temperature of 17.1°C. Climate scientists attribute the intensity of the heat wave that has developed in recent weeks to the simultaneous effects of global warming caused by greenhouse gases and the El Niño phenomenon.

similar He suffers from heat In the Midwestern region of the United States, the daytime temperature was consistently above 40 degrees in many cities, and many homeless people were hospitalized with burns. More than 100 million people have been affected by the American heat wave.




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