Palma Airport has been paralysed by a massive rain storm, with terminal and duty free shops flooded - after floods hit Costa Blanca.
Forecasters predict extreme and hotter-than-average temperatures in the MedBritish holidaymakers seeking the sun in summer hot spots like Greece , Cyprus and Turkey have been warned that they will face 'record breaking temperatures' due to an unseasonable heatwave.
Maximum temperatures in the Greek holiday island of Crete reached 44.5C this week, while temperatures of 43C were also recorded at weather stations in the centre and south of the country. 'We are already seeing very hot temperatures in the Mediterranean basin, and it looks like the summer could provide some more record breaking temperatures,' Rosie Mammatt from the University of Reading also told the newspaper.
Health officials said a woman died at Nicosia General Hospital suffering from heatstroke; another five elderly patients were being treated in hospitals with severe symptoms of heatstroke. Tourists visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site before it closes due to a heatwave hitting Athens, Greece, June 13, 2024
The country has also been experiencing wildfires, with three villages in Paphos being evacuated as the fires spread through the dry grassland surrounding them. It was followed by fires that, according to the National Observatory of Athens, consumed nearly 175,000 hectares of forest and farmland. Still hotter temperatures were recorded on the island of Crete - 44.5C - and on the Peloponnese peninsula - 43.9 degrees Celsius -- according to the meteo.gr website of the Athens National Observatory.
Several other Greek archaeological sites in Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades and the Peloponnese were also shut as a precaution against the heat. The 2023 wildfire season was also destructive, with more than half a million hectares being scorched by wildfires. SPAIN: But in a stark contrast to the weather in the east, Spain has been battered by rainstorms, with Costa Blanca on the mainland and Majorca both being hit by severe flooding
The region most affected was Levante, which includes Valencia, Benidorm, Alicante and Murcia - a popular area for British tourists.
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