They warn that the heat wave hitting Europe will worsen

Rising temperatures in Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day in a row, and authorities warned on Saturday of hotter weather next week, with thermometers forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea.

In the cities, evacuees sought to cool off in fountains, others in pools, seas, or in the shade, hoping to alleviate the heat wave attributed to Cerberus. The high-pressure anti-vortex is named after the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld in ancient Greek mythology.

Fifteen cities in Italy, mostly in the center and south of the country, were under heat advisories, indicating a level of risk for the elderly, sick, children and other vulnerable people.

Temperatures were around 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) across much of the Italian peninsula on Saturday, with 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Sardinia and Sardinia.

Major tourist destinations such as Bologna, Florence and Rome were among the cities under heat warnings. In the capital, high temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) on Saturday and could rise to 42 Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, although they could be worse in other Italian cities.

In Greece’s capital, with temperatures forecast at 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit), authorities decided to close the archaeological site of the Acropolis from noon to 5:30 p.m., as on Friday.

In the Czech Republic, high temperatures reached new record levels on July 15.

The thermometer registered 38.6 degrees Celsius (101.5 F) at Plzen-Bolevec in the west of the country, surpassing the previous mark of 36.8 Celsius recorded that day in Poděbrady, east of Prague, in 2007, according to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. .

Temperatures were much milder in the Spanish Canary Islands, although around 500 people were evacuated due to wildfires on the island of La Palma.

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