Red alerts issued for Italian cities and Acropolis shut for safety due to searing heat
Last week saw the world’s hottest average daily temperature on record, according to the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organisation, a fresh record that was set right after the agency recorded the hottest June since records began.
A study published in the journal Nature this week estimated there had been 61,672 “heat-related deaths” in Europe in the summer of 2022. There was an outcry by unions over the death of a 44-year old man who had been painting road markings on an unshaded street in northern Italy as temperatures exceeded 40 degrees.
Tens of thousands of Irish tourists are due in affected areas next week. More than 900 flights are due to leave Dublin Airport next week for some of the affected countries, according to the Dublin Airport Authority.
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