
Our country has been facing high temperatures for days due to the heat wave that has engulfed all of Europe.
Two to three regions of the country are experiencing extreme temperatures. While almost all of Europe has set the red alert, no such measure has yet been taken in Albania.
Meteorology of Metoalb, Lajda Porja has explained why a red alert has not yet been set in our country.
She says that the number of days with high temperatures should be over 5-6, while our country is expected to face extreme temperatures for three days.
"It happens when the number of days with high temperatures is high and five to six days pass in the African heat wave. This wave is 21 days with temperatures above 40 degrees. Albania has only three days, today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are expected. Europe, Italy, Greece, Spain have many days with a temperature of 42 degrees in two or three regions", said meteorologist Lajda Porja.
The maximum temperatures today reached 41 degrees Celsius in Shkodër, Elbasan and Berat.
The EU's emergency response coordination center issued red high temperature alerts for most of Italy, northeastern Spain, Croatia, Serbia, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
In Italy, temperatures on the island of Sardinia reached 45 degrees Celsius and in Rome reached 40 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, as the Health Ministry issued red weather alerts for 20 of the country's 27 main cities, with the number expected to increases to 23 today.
On the other hand, the World Health Organization has warned citizens, mainly the elderly and vulnerable people, to take extra care in coping with the scorching heat.
We recall that around 61,000 people may have died from heat waves last year in Europe alone.
