Athens, Aug 3 (EFE) .- The heat wave in Greece will foreseeably reach its peak this Tuesday after registering temperatures that reached 46 degrees yesterday, and thus surpassed the record of 1987 in which a heat wave of these characteristics at the end of July left 1,300 dead in the country.
As reported by Civil Protection, all prevention systems are on high alert, especially air and ground control of areas where fires can occur, although the risk is very high in most of the country.
For several days, firefighters have been fighting to extinguish a fire on the island of Rhodes, and after preventively evacuating some villages they have been able to avoid further damage.
In recent days there have also been fires in the north of the Peloponnese, and the most recent, in the peripheral unit of Phthiotis, in central Greece, precisely the area where the historical heat record was recorded yesterday, with the thermometer reading 46.3 degrees in the village of Makrakomi.
The Greek Electricity Distribution Operator has announced that during the day today, when temperatures between 44 and 46 degrees are expected, there will be intermittent power cuts in some parts of the country, especially in the capital region of Attica, in order to avoid a widespread blackout.
The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called on the population to limit as much as possible any unnecessary electricity consumption, for example, avoiding putting the water heater, or the air conditioning at less than 26 degrees.
Air-conditioned rooms have been set up throughout the country, open all day, so that especially vulnerable groups can protect themselves from the heat.
After registering a ground temperature of 55 degrees, the Acropolis of Athens has announced that during this heat wave the sacred rock of Athens shortens its opening hours and closes at five instead of eight in the afternoon.
The Athens College of Physicians has asked the population to take this wave seriously and has urged citizens not to travel in the hottest hours, drink plenty of water, avoid drinking alcoholic beverages and shower frequently with water tibia.
According to experts, the weather conditions are especially dangerous, especially because the nights are extremely hot, with the thermometer that barely manages to drop below 30 degrees, which prevents the body from having those hours of nighttime recovery so necessary.
Many media recall these days the horrors experienced in 1987, when a heat wave in July that lasted eleven days left 1,300 dead, the vast majority in the Athens region.
The big difference between then and now, experts emphasize, is that at that time few houses had air conditioning and no cooling points had been enabled.
The National Weather Service has reported that temperatures will remain high throughout the week and will begin to drop slightly from the weekend.
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