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A number of heat waves began across parts of the northern hemisphere in April 2023, many of which are ongoing. Various heat records have been broken, [1] with July being the hottest month ever recorded. [2] Scientists have attributed the heat waves to man-made climate change. [1] [2] Another cause is the El Niño phenomena which began to ...
On 14 July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization station in Thiva registered 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) making it the highest temperature in the country for that day. [33] [34] [35] On the same day Athens recorded 43.4 °C (110.1 °F) in the suburb of Filothei. [36] Officials in Athens announced midday closure of the Acropolis. [37]
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023. The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño , with record high global average surface temperatures . There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards , cold waves , droughts , heat waves , wildfires ...
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According to the Climate Atlas of Greece which was published by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (H.N.M.S) the Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) is the predominant climate found in Greece. [6]
[1] [2] [3] According to the national press of the time, on the 10th of July 1977 the Hellenic National Meteorological Service station in Almyros recorded 49.0 °C, the second station in Tatoi (belonging to the National Observatory of Athens ) recorded 48.7 °C [ 4 ] and the stations in Volos , Velestino and Messara [ vague ] registered 48.0 ...
Flights to Rhodes from British package holiday company Jet2.com were cancelled until 30 July 2023 and from TUI until 26 July 2023. [20] On 2 August, the Ministry of Tourism lifted the state of emergency on Rhodes and offered complimentary travel accommodations to tourists who were evacuated from the island in the previous month. [21]
In 1949, Rhodes was the venue for negotiations between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, concluding with the 1949 Armistice Agreements. [40] In 2023, the island was hit by the 2023 Greece wildfires, which forced the largest evacuations in the history of Greece. Nearly 19,000 people had to evacuate.