For the second day in a row, the Acropolis tourist attraction is closed during the hottest hours around midday. The archaeological landmark is elevated and not shaded. This makes the place vulnerable to extreme heat.
On Saturday, the temperature may be over 40 degrees, so the Acropolis will be closed between 12 and 5:30 pm.
On Friday, a person was taken off on a stretcher.
Water bottles are distributed on top. People are advised to drink at least 2 liters per day in the Greek capital.
World famous: A tourist drank water on the Acropolis last Thursday.
Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP
The heat wave in Greece has been named “Cleon». Temperatures in Athens will rise to 43 degrees next week.
On the Greek islands, where many Norwegians spend their holidays, it will be somewhat milder.
But the heat of 37-40 degrees here will most likely still be felt.
Warning of danger for 16 cities in Italy
Italian authorities wrote danger warnings for 16 cities, including Rome, Florence and Bologna BBC.
Temperatures are expected to rise next week.
On Tuesday, the temperature may be 43 in Rome. The previous record is 40.5 from August 2007, according to Agence France-Presse.
Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland may experience extreme temperatures, according to the European Space Agency, ESA.
They monitor temperatures on land and water from satellites.
Cooling: The man who says his name is Alfonso is cooling down in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo.
PHOTO: GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/Reuters
People in the 16 cities with a red alert are encouraged to stay out of the sun between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and to take extra care of the elderly.
The highest temperature ever measured in Europe was from Sicily in August 2021. The question now is whether the record 48.8 degrees can be beaten.
Globally, we recently experienced the hottest day in the world, and the hottest week on earth.
According to him, heat records are mainly due to two things bloomberg. Man-made climate changes make the world warmer, El Niño weather phenomenon.
forest fire risk
In Greece, forest fires are feared in areas with strong winds.
Here, one fears a summer like 2021, when the country is ravaged by great fires.
The high temperatures also reached the central parts of Europe, with Germany and Poland affected.
A danger warning has been issued in the Czech Republic. The temperature can rise above 38 degrees, which is not normal for the region.
One in three is affected in the United States
Europe is not alone in experiencing the heat wave right now. The USA, China, North Africa and Japan are also witnessing this.
113 million Americans live in places that have received a heat warning. This makes up a third of the US population.
27 million people live in places that are expected to be over 43°C in the coming days.
Las Vegas could break its own personal record of 47°C, while Death Valley in California could top 54°C.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning people in Las Vegas that they think they are prepared for desert temperatures.
“This heat wave is not a typical desert heat because of its long duration, extreme temperatures during the day and warm nights. Everyone should take this heat seriously, including those who live in the desert,” the NWS wrote on Twitter.
Global temperature since 1880
Compared to the average for the period 1991-2020
Go to the state of climate in NRK
This is because all years are now compared to a new normal, the average weather for the 30-year period 1991-2020. These thirty years were unusually warm. So most other years will be cooler than normal.
Until recently, researchers used the normalized period from 1961-1990. In these years it was relatively cold. It’s been a long time since the 1960s, and the new normal allows us to compare weather to the (normal) climate that people actually experience today.
The normal period is set by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and is used in all countries. In this way, we can compare the weather in Norway with other countries and we can measure changes around the world.
This number is the result of a complex calculation.
Measurements are taken with thermometers on land and on the sea surface (at sea, thermometers are attached to buoys). In some places the thermometers are close together, in others they are farther apart. Using statistical methods, researchers are able to give the measurements different weights, so that all areas are given equal importance:
The data used in this graph comes from the US NOAA. They divided the globe into 5° x 5° squares and calculated one temperature for each square. Then they can once again work their way up to the world number, for each month or for each year. They can also do numbers for the temperature over the ocean only or over land only, or for the northern and southern hemispheres. The lines at the poles are smaller than along the equator due to the curvature of the globe. The researchers also take this into account in their calculations.
Others, like NASA or the Hadley Center, calculate in slightly different ways than NOAA. Therefore, there are often small differences between different datasets. In any case, the trend they show is the same: since 1880, the world has gotten warmer.
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