In June, heat has been reported in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. According to the locals, tourists often don’t even know about the authorities’ heat warnings.
10:22•Updated 10:47
June has started extremely hot in various parts of Southern Europe.
For example, the temperatures in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, which are popular with Finns, have been well over 30 degrees this week.
In Chania, Crete, 44.5 degrees were measured on Thursday of last week, he writes The Guardian.
The authorities have issued heat warnings for various parts of the eastern Mediterranean and asked tourists to take the heat into account in their holiday plans.
In Crete, Red Cross volunteers have distributed thousands of bottles of water, and local authorities are urging tourists to follow weather reports and related dangers.
In Greece, however, there is frustration with the behavior of tourists among the local population.
Five deaths already in Greece
In Greece, in eleven days, at least five tourists have died as a result of the heat. In addition, at least two people were still missing on Thursday morning, the news agency AFP reported.
According to the authorities, the tourists who were found dead had gone hiking in the scorching sunshine, despite the authorities’ heat warnings.
The deaths could have been avoided if the tourists had heeded the authorities’ warnings.
Leading the rescue team on the island of Samos Dimitris Katatzis said, according to The Guardian, that tourists often do not understand the risks associated with hiking in the heat in remote areas.
– Yesterday we again saw a foreign sled walking on the path in 41 degrees. They didn’t even have headgear, Katatzis said.
Heat also in the United States and Mexico
In addition to Europe, high temperatures have been measured in June in the United States and Mexico.
For example, at least 125 people have already died as a result of the hot season in Mexico.
In the United States, a light front moved from the Midwest towards the northeastern parts of the country this week.
Heat warnings were issued on Tuesday for areas such as Iowa, Ohio and Michigan. The US National Weather Service warned that by Friday, the heat would spread as far as the state of Maine.
Sources: AFP, AP
20.6. at 10:45 a.m. Corrected entry, Crete is part of Greece.
20.6. at 10 46 Fixed. The story said that 44 degrees was measured on Thursday. In reality, 44 degrees was measured last Thursday.