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India Today
2 days ago
- Climate
- India Today
Greece's iconic Acropolis temporarily closed due to severe 4-day heatwave
Greece's top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut on Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day Greek culture ministry said the world-renowned site would be shut till 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) "for the safety of workers and visitors, owing to high temperatures."The four-day heatwave confirmed by meteorologists began on Sunday, and was the second to grip Greece since late Temperatures are expected to reach 42 Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, with a maximum of 38 Celsius in temperatures are expected on protect outdoor workers, the labour ministry has decreed a work stoppage from 12:00 to 5:00 pm in various parts of the country, including several stoppage mainly affects construction work and delivery riders."Days with a heatwave make my job more difficult," cycle-riding courier Michalis Keskinidis told AFP."We drink a lot of water to protect ourselves from the heat, combined with electrolytes, and take breaks whenever possible," the 43-year-old 2,500-year-old Acropolis, built on a rock overlooking the capital that offers little shade, draws tens of thousands of visitors year it recorded some 4.5 million visitors, an increase of over 15 percent compared to had been forced to order similar shutdowns in the past two years in heatwave OF FIRE, STORMSThe Greek civil protection authority has warned of high fire risk in the greater Athens area, in central Greece and the Peloponnese fire department has been dealing with up to 50 fires daily, the head of the Greek fire service officers' union Constantinos Tsigkas told state TV Serbia's hydrometeorological service RMHZ warned that weather conditions could fuel more fires, after 620 fires were recorded on there are also thunderstorms expected in Serbia's northern Vojvodina region, as well as in western and central has also warned of the possibility of hail and hurricane-force gusts of has already felt the impact of storms since Monday, with several of the country's regions people were injured and hospitalised in Vinkovci after a storm knocked down a power line on a family house near the eastern town, police authorities said they had taken dozens of calls over wind-related emergencies, including trees blocking roads, damaged roofs and power Tuesday, heavy rain and gale-force winds flooded roads, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the Croatian port town of Split, the state-run HRT broadcaster the town's port, a ferry broke its moorings and hit a catamaran and a tourist excursion boat, sinking the was similar trouble further north, with storms raging in Hungary and Budapest, strong winds damaged roofs, felled trees onto roads and downed power lines on Monday, with the national meteorological service HungaroMet measuring winds up to 137 kilometres (85 miles) per hour traffic was severely disrupted across Hungary, with full restoration of services potentially requiring weeks, according to Construction and Transport Minister Janos Slovakia, gale-force winds caused power outages and blew off the roof of a block of flats in the eastern town of Gelnica and fallen trees disrupted road and railway transport across the country's weather service SHMU has issued a storm warning with heavy rain, wind and hail for Tuesday, mainly for central and eastern Slovakia.- EndsMust Watch
Al Etihad
2 days ago
- Climate
- Al Etihad
Acropolis shuts, outdoor work halted as heatwave scorches Greece
8 July 2025 14:15 Athens (AFP) Greece's top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut on Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day Greek culture ministry said the world-renowned site would be shut till 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) "for the safety of workers and visitors, owing to high temperatures."The four-day heatwave confirmed by meteorologists began Sunday is the second to grip Greece since late are expected to reach 42°C on Tuesday, with a maximum of 38°C in temperatures are expected on protect outdoor workers, the labour ministry has decreed a work stoppage from 12:00 to 5:00 pm in various parts of the country, including several stoppage mainly affects construction work and delivery riders."Days with a heatwave make my job more difficult," cycle-riding courier Michalis Keskinidis told AFP."We drink a lot of water to protect ourselves from the heat, combined with electrolytes, and take breaks whenever possible," the 43-year-old 2,500-year-old Acropolis, built on a rock overlooking the capital that offers little shade, draws tens of thousands of visitors year it recorded some 4.5 million visitors, an increase of over 15% compared to had been forced to order similar shutdowns in the past two years in heatwave conditions. Risk of fire, storms The Greek civil protection authority has warned of high fire risk in the greater Athens area, in central Greece and the Peloponnese fire department has been dealing with up to 50 fires daily, the head of the Greek fire service officers' union Constantinos Tsigkas told state TV Serbia's hydrometeorological service RMHZ warned that weather conditions could fuel more fires, after 620 fires were recorded there are also thunderstorms expected in Serbia's northern Vojvodina region, as well as in western and central has also warned of the possibility of hail and hurricane-force gusts of has already felt the impact of storms since Monday, with several of the country's regions Tuesday, heavy rain and gale-force winds flooded roads, knocked down trees and caused power outages at the Croatian port town of Split, the state-run HRT broadcaster Budapest, strong winds damaged roofs, felled trees onto roads and downed power lines on Monday, with the national meteorological service HungaroMet measuring winds up to 137 kilometres per hour locally. Rail traffic was severely disrupted across Hungary with full restoration of services potentially requiring weeks, according to Construction and Transport Minister Janos Lazar.
