“The Ministry of Culture informs that today the archaeological site of the Acropolis will be closed from 12:00 to 17:00 local time” (from 11:00 to 16:00 in Italy). With this note, the most visited archaeological site in Greece closes its doors to its unfortunate visitors: the country is experiencing a heat wave and today temperatures could reach 43 degrees.
Measures against the heat
Not only that, to deal with the summer heat, the closure of some schools has also been decided, while public employees will have permission to work remotely. According to updated data from the National Meteorological Service (Emy), the mercury will go towards the red in many areas of mainland Greece, especially in the center and south, while moving towards the coast, the area most affected by the sea breeze, the temperature will rise fire risk.
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An anomalous June
On the Hellenic Peninsula, extreme heat waves are all in all normal phenomena, generally limited to the months of July and August, but in the last five years they have begun to appear as early as early June. Yesterday temperatures reached 41.2 degrees in Psachna of Evia, Lefkohori of Phthiotida and Sparta, 41 degrees in Thebes, Agia Triada of Phthiotida, Tanagra and Mystra of Laconia (40.9) and 40.6 degrees in Saints Theodore of Corinth .
