As a sweltering heatwave sweeps across Europe threatening to break the record books for Europe’s ‘hottest ever week’ – it appears these Benidorm Brits are having the time of their lives!
With Greece starting mass evacuations as ferocious wildfires bear down on popular coastal resorts, cold beers and cool misty sprays seem to be the methods deployed in the popular Spanish holiday destination.
Adorned with cold beverages, bucket hats and swimsuits, the British tourists can be seen smiling from ear to ear as the sun beats down from above.
Elsewhere across Europe, Greek authorities ‘saved’ 1,200 children from holiday camps threatened by wildfires near the seaside resort of Loutraki, the town’s mayor told local media, after flames were whipped up by strong winds.
Up to 150 firemen, 40 fire engines and 11 aircraft battled a massive blaze in the village of Kouvaras, which is around 17 miles from Athens, with people being ordered to leave their homes.
ritish Holidaymakers trying to stay cool during Spain’s heatwave in Benidorm today
A group of four British tourists try their best to stay cool in the sweltering conditions
A woman in a pink bikini waves a fan to try and deal with the heat
Mist sprays fitted to beach-side umbrellas are used to keep the holidaymakers cool
Blazes have also engulfed areas around the seaside resorts of Lagonissi, Anavyssos and Saronida, and authorities have evacuated people from a number of villages, as well as a rehabilitation centre and summer camps.
The blaze reportedly started in Kouvaras and quickly spread south toward the Attica region and the resorts of Lagonissi, Anavyssos and Saronida.
The Greek Fire Service described it as ‘a difficult day with several fires (burning) across the country,’ with scenes of charred trees, cars and homes bringing back traumatic memories for many after dozens of lives were lost to inferno-like forest fires in 2018.
Brits holidaying across the Mediterranean are bracing for the arrival of even hotter weather this week, with the sweltering heat set to soar even higher after an anticyclone called Charon, so-called after the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology, reached Europe from North Africa on Sunday night.
Tourists have collapsed and fainted in the severe heat in Italy and Greece and wildfires have also ripped through homes in La Palma and Turkey in the past week after temperatures across southern Europe hit 43C.
Heatwave Charon is tipped to force thermometres above 48.8C in Italy in the coming days, a new record high, with experts warning that the mercury could also approach record levels in Spain and Greece.
The World Meteorological Organisation has urged people to ‘stay safe’, cautioning that the heatwave is forecast to intensify by mid-week and is likely to continue into August across parts of southern Europe.
Heatwave Charon is expected to break the record 48.8C temperature across Europe
Sweltering heat sweeping across Italy, Spain and Greece could bring ‘potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe’ to the region this week
Six men sitting around icy buckets of beer seem upbeat despite the temperature
A tourist drinks icy liquid from a jug while wearing a bucket hat and sunglasses
Spanish officials on Saturday had also evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands
Pictured: A beach in the popular Spanish holiday destination of Benidorm
A man puts his head to his hands as he tries to deal with the heat
It seems these British tourists are not bothered by Europe’s potentially ‘hottest ever week’
It has even caused some British holidaymakers to change their travel plans as temperatures soar to record-highs.
As well as this, it has been reported that more than two thousand people in the Canary Islands have escaped from wildfires.
Sweltering heat sweeping across Italy, Spain and Greece could bring ‘potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe’ to the region this week.
Locals and travellers are therefore having to battle what meteorologists have dubbed the ‘most intense heatwave of the summer’.
Authorities in Athens say the Acropolis, one of Greece’s top tourist attractions, closed during the hottest hours of the day.
Spanish officials on Saturday had also evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where a wildfire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.
Three girls wearing bikinis apply sun tan lotion to each other
These two were interrupted by a wave as they tried to take a photo
Despite Europe’s warm temperatures, the UK is not likely to experience a heatwave this summer
Four women dip their toes in the sea to cool themselves down
A man wearing some patriotic England trunks lies in the sun as he listens to some music
Tourists are said to have collapsed and fainted in the severe heat in Italy and Greece
Two women cool off in the sea as the sun beats down on them
Despite Europe’s warm temperatures, the UK is not likely to experience a heatwave this summer, the country’s official forecasters have said.
Instead, Britain is set to experience ‘average’ temperatures and scattered showers – as southern Europe swelters in heat of more than 45C
The Cerberus heatwave has seen temperatures on the continent soar to uncomfortable heights that could see the mercury reach highs of 49C in Sicily and Sardinia today.
However, the Met Office said there is a ‘lower than average probability’ of similarly ‘hot conditions developing’ in Britain over the remainder of the summer.
Britain will instead see cooler, more moderate temperatures, broken up by blustery showers and intermittent rain following record breaking heat in June.
Brits holidaying across the Mediterranean are bracing for the arrival of even hotter weather this week
The sweltering heat set to soar even higher after an anticyclone called Charon, so-called after the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology, reached Europe from North Africa on Sunday night
The World Meteorological Organisation has urged people to ‘stay safe’, cautioning that the heatwave is forecast to intensify by mid-week and is likely to continue into August across parts of southern Europe
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