Schools and nurseries are closed in Greece, due to high temperatures!

2024-06-12 15:18:27Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Schools and nurseries are closed in Greece, due to high temperatures!

Between 12:00 and 17:00, the Acropolis will be closed to visitors, while schools and kindergartens in many parts of Greece will be closed today and tomorrow, due to the heat wave that has including the country and is expected to culminate during the next day.

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced this morning that due to high temperatures, the Acropolis will be closed for five hours.

Municipalities in several parts of the country, including Athens, have decided that schools and kindergartens will remain closed today and tomorrow.

Since yesterday, Greece has been affected by a heat wave with extremely high temperatures that will reach 43 degrees Celsius by Friday, and the competent ministries have announced measures to protect citizens, including the possibility of working from home for employees, but also for employees. in the private sector if possible.

According to the Meteo portal of the National Observatory in Athens, early this morning in 63 of 502 meteorological stations in Greece, temperatures above 30 degrees were recorded, while in the islands of Naxos, Rhodes and Crete at 08:10 this morning.

The temperature ranged from 32.3 to 34.6 degrees Celsius, according to Greek meteorologists, the first heat wave in the first half of June in at least 50 years.

At the same time, due to the high temperatures, the risk of fires has also increased.


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