Fires are raging on the island of Rhodes, Greece is also struggling with the element in other regions. The situation is not helped by the fact that extreme heat is coming to the country, for which warnings have been issued.
Greece’s National Meteorological Service has announced that extreme heat is expected in the country on Tuesday, July 25. Thermometers will indicate 40 to 42 degrees Celsius on the mainland and 43 to 44 degrees Celsius in Thessaly. This will increase the risk of fire not only on the island of Rhodes.
Greece. The weather will continue to be extreme across many islands, with heat and fire warnings issued
Greece’s Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has issued an “extreme threat” warning that will come into effect from Tuesday. The ministry noted that all services have been placed “on high alert due to the increased risk of forest fires occurring and spreading”. The BBC reported that, according to the deputy mayor, the fires in Rhodes island are still “out of control” and have resulted in the evacuation of many people. Evacuation orders were also issued in Evia. Authorities say the situation in Corfu is largely under control. Airlines organize repatriation flights.
Greek officials said temperatures would reach 39 to 41 degrees on Wednesday across the Ionian Islands, eastern Aegean islands, the Dodecanese and southern Crete. In the rest of Greece, forecasters predict that thermometers will indicate 36 to 38 degrees. On Wednesday, July 26, the temperature will also reach high levels. In the northern Ionian region, Epirus and western Sterea, the weather will change with the arrival of storms accompanied by strong winds. The phenomena will be short-lived but intense. In the evening, they will cover the area of Macedonia, Thessaly, the western Peloponnese and the southern part of the Ionian Sea. A drop in temperature is expected on Thursday, thermometers are expected to indicate between 25 and 37 degrees.
Fires in Greece led to the largest evacuation on the island of Rhodes. MZS recommended abandoning the trip
As reported in the article above, Greece is struggling with fires which, according to the Greek police, led to the largest evacuation in the country’s history on the island of Rhodes. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from the island. people, including tourists from Poland. On Monday before midnight, some of them landed at the Chopin Airport in Warsaw. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended the abandonment of trips to places in Corfu and the island of Rhodes, as they were considered dangerous by the Greek authorities. The Ministry of Diplomacy emphasized in a communiqué that due to extreme temperatures, a high level of fire risk in Greece will persist for the coming weeks.
Source: gazeta.pl
