As mercury soars in Europe breaching all records, Greece continues to struggle in restricting a wildfire that has engulfed forestland in Athens for a fifth day on Friday, as reported by Reuters. Greece is set for more intense heat this weekend. The meterologists have warned that the temperature can rise up to 45 degrees celsius, as per a report in BBC. Europe has been witnessing its hottest summer in a long time with a rapid increase in temperatures in a number of countries including Spain, Italy and Germany.
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- The wildfires have wrecked havoc in Greece. Several people have already lost their homes. In one region, several villages have been engulfed by the blazes, BBC reported. The meteorologists have said that this can turn out to be the hottest July weekend in the last 50 years, BBC reported.
- Amid the rise in mercury due to prevailing heatwave, people have been advised to stay at home. Besides that, tourists sites including ancient Acropolis will be closed for next two days, as reported by BBC.
- Western Attica in Greece is among the worst-hit areas, along with Laconia in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Rhodes, as per BBC.
- The Eurpean Union partners of Greece have extended assistance and have sent firefighting planes from France and Italy and more than 200 firefighters from Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, as per BBC. Turkey has also sent some aircraft to help.
- The Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) has warned that central and eastern regions of Greece are likely are likely to see temperatures reaching 44 degrees celsius on Saturday, as per BBC. In Central Greece the temperature is expected to reach 45 degrees celsius in central Greece.
- "This weekend risks being the hottest registered in July in the past 50 years," said Panagiotis Giannopoulos, a meteorologist with state broadcaster ERT, quoted by AFP news agency. "Athens is going to have temperatures above 40 degrees celsius for six to seven days, through to the end of July," he added.
- Temperatures have been soaring across countries in Europe. In Spain, mercury is expected to reach 44 degrees celcius in Guadalquivir Valley near Seville, Sky News reported. As far as Italy is concerned, weather alerts have been issued in 20 cities as temperature is expected to hover around 48 degrees celsius, as per a report in Sky News
- In France, an orange weather alert has been sounded for some cities along the Mediterranean coast. Temperatures are predicted to reach 34 and 36 degrees celsius around Marseille by Wednesday. Paris is likely to remain cooler at 29C, as reported by Sky News. Germany is also likely to witness a rise in temparature. The Bavaria region recorded a temperature of 38.8 degrees celsius.
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