The same warning has been issued to another five cities in Sicily, Sardinia and Puglia for this weekend. In Italy, the country’s health ministry on Friday warned residents of 10 cities from Bologna to Rome to avoid being out in the midday heat due to extreme temperatures. Temperatures were still expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in at least 12 of Spain’s 17 regions Friday, although that was down from a high of 45 degrees (113 Fahrenheit) that scorched the southeastern town of Albox on Wednesday.Īemet, the Spanish state weather agency, says another heat wave is expected to start Sunday with highest temperatures yet to come. In Spain, people packed the beaches as the country enjoyed a short-lived respite from its second heat wave of the summer. Red Cross coordinator Ioanna Fotopoulou said paramedics on hand administered first aid to a number of tourists exhibiting symptoms of dehydration and experiencing fainting spells. “And I think it’s always an amazing experience to be here.” “We have water, we have some ventilators,” she told the AP. Others who beat the closing timewere elated despite the heat, like Sylvia from Colombia, who said she came prepared. “I even bought a €50 ticket to skip the line to enter and I couldn’t enter the place,” Hector from Mexico told The Associated Press. One visitor said he was disappointed as his cruise ship would depart later in the day. Some visitors were frustrated at being left in the lurch because they were unaware of Greek authorities' last-minute announcement of the Acropolis’ closure at noon. Red Cross staff handed out bottled water to tourists wilting in long lines hoping to beat the closure and scale the steps up to the gleaming Parthenon temple as temperatures were expected to peak above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the Greek capital. NICOSIA – Disgruntled tourists bemoaned the temporary closing of the Acropolis in Athens on Friday as Greek authorities proactively shut the world monument’s gates between midday and early evening amid a heat wave that continues to grip southern Europe.
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