A new heatwave has moved to southern and eastern Europe. In large parts of the continent, temperatures are expected to rise above 40 degrees, and local authorities have now issued warnings of heat, fires and drought.
In many places around the Balkans, daytime temperatures are 7 degrees above the seasonal average.
The European Commission has so far sent six helicopters and three firefighting planes to combat the forest fires. Raging in North Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Serbian salt lake dried up
In Serbia it has The country's largest salt lake has completely dried up. – For the first time in the country's history. In Greece, many tourists disappeared while walking, then fainted and died from dehydration.
In early June, that’s exactly what happened to British TV pundit Michael Mosley, who disappeared on the Greek island of Symi. He was found dead several days later, probably from heatstroke.
In Greece, authorities have also closed many popular tourist attractions, such as the Acropolis, and banned certain forms of outdoor work such as delivery and construction jobs.
National authorities have also issued warnings about Highest risk of dangerous wildfires in more than 20 years.
Expert: Swedes will not travel to the Mediterranean
According to Michael Tjernström, professor of meteorology, this heat is nothing new and it is not something that will go away. On the contrary, he believes that in the next 10 to 15 years we will see a change in tourism behaviour, with Swedes no longer travelling to the Mediterranean in the future.
– They are the ones who live there and will go to Sweden and the Nordic countries to escape the terrible heat and drought in Europe, he tells SVT.
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