Heat wave

Children beat the heat in Athens

Children play in a water fountain during a heat wave, at Stavros Niarchos foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Thursday. Temperatures were starting to creep up in Greece, where a heatwave was forecast to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country over the weekend. [AP]

Greece prepares for heatwave as scientists warn that global heat is in ‘uncharted territory’

Greece is currently bracing for its first major and prolonged heatwave of the summer, with temperatures over the next few days expected to reach and exceed 40 degrees Celsius. The country's health, labor and citizens' protection ministries issued emergency warnings on Monday to citizens, while the City of Athens is also taking action to deal with the phenomenon.

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