The “red” level of heat that engulfed the Mediterranean also covered Turkey. The temperature has exceeded 40 degrees, and tourists and residents try to get out of air-conditioned rooms less often – as a result, as reported by the publication Turkiye Turizm, sad records have already been set.
Yes, the record for electricity consumption in Turkey (apparently for powering air conditioners) was broken, as well as the record for water consumption in Istanbul. In addition, almost fifty people sought medical help in connection with heatstroke — although, mostly not at resorts.
As the publication writes, the head of the meteorological laboratory of the Kandilli Observatory of Bogazici University, Adil Tek, speaking about the hot weather that has increased its influence in Turkey in recent days, does not reassure tourists: “We will see an increase in temperature, at least on July 22-23,” he said. After this, the publication cites sad records: the other day, the highest level of electricity consumption of the year was recorded in daily terms – 1 million 77 thousand 63 megawatt-hours, and in Istanbul, the highest daily water consumption of all time was noted – 3 million 550 thousand 435 cubic meters on the eve.
However, we remind you that many European countries have surpassed Turkey in terms of heat. According to forecasts that the air temperature in Italy may reach record values at the weekend, “red” warnings were sounded at the weekend in almost 20 cities. In Athens, due to the intense heat, the Acropolis was closed for a siesta – read the details here.
In Spain, tourists were frightened by the fact that they would soon have to flee from the beaches. The reason is the “wave of hellish heat” that covered European resorts. Tourists are warned that the temperature near the surface of the earth has reached and even exceeded 60 ° C – this is the temperature at which you can bake scrambled eggs on the sand right on the beach. Up to +48 degrees is expected in the air.