The Greek thermal wave is temporarily weakens

Acrobolis temporarily closes on Tuesday as high temperatures continue to control Greece.

The country’s Ministry of Culture said that the famous site in the capital of Athens was closed from 13:00 to 17: 00 local time (11: 00-15: 00 GMT).

It is expected that the high of 42 ° C (107F) for parts of the European country will be on Tuesday, and a fourth category warning of the Hashim fire, indicating a very high risk, in several regions.

This comes at a time when forest fires were reported in other parts of the continent, including the France and Spain region in Catalonia, weeks after suffering a deadly heat wave in early summer.

The changes were announced in the hours of the opening of the acrobolis on Monday, after very hot returned to Greece on Sunday.

Its closure on Tuesday – with an expected 38 ° C.

The authorities said that the closure was for the “safety of workers and visitors” at the site, which is visited by tens of thousands of people every day, with a total of 4.5 meters in 2024.

The country’s Ministry of Labor also imposed a mandatory stop for five hours for the open -air handicrafts between 12:00 to 17: 00 on Tuesday in the specified areas to see the worst heat.

The current hot wave is scheduled to continue until Wednesday, with 40-42C expectations for the southern parts of the country, before it starts on Thursday.

Meanwhile, 41 fires erupted throughout Greece on Monday, according to the firefighting service in the country. Among them, 34 were contained early while seven active remained on Monday evening.

A 4th category of Hashim fires was issued on Monday for five regions: Atika, Biloponiz, central Greece, Thicalia and West Greece.

Civil protection in the country said that the public had been urged to stay awake and emergency services were at a state of high alert.

Elsewhere, more than 1,000 firefighters were dealing with a fire in southwestern France on Tuesday. The residents near the town of Narbonne evacuated their homes, and a highway linking France and Spain was closed.

In Catalonia, more than 2000 people were under its closure early on Tuesday, as the wildfire that broke out on Sunday continued to anger in the eastern province of Taragona, according to the local media.

A large part of West and Southern Europe was exposed to a incendiary heat wave in the early summer, which witnessed thousands was evacuated and destroyed homes and businesses.

Heat waves have become more common due to human climate change, according to the United Nations Government Group on climate change.

He said that hot weather will occur often – and becomes more intense – as the planet continues to warm.