Southern Europe grapples with persistent 113F heat with wildfires in Greece, Xinjiang in China hits record 122F (50C), and Death Valley in California hits a blistering 128F.
that Greece's temperatures rose to 104F or more in recent days. “The Acropolis in Athens - the country's most popular tourist attraction - was closed during the hottest hours of Friday and Saturday to protect visitors,” journalists – Robert Plummer & Kathryn Armstrong noted.
Nearly 1,200 children were evacuated from the coastal town of Loutraki, located west of Athens, due to the encroaching fire near their camp.said that dozens of people had had to leave their homes in the wider area, assisted by emergency service crews. Greece's government announced that people whose homes had been affected by the fire were eligible for accommodation in local hotels and would be compensated later.Further north on the continent, nearly 200 people were forced to flee their homes in an Alpine village in Switzerland due to a large forest fire.
According to Agence France-Presse , the fire broke out on Monday in a forest above the village of Bitch in the upper Wallis region in southern Switzerland and is now situated on the north side of the Rhone river valley. Around 150 firefighters alongside civilians and military helicopters were seen combating the accelerating blaze.
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