It’s Holidays From Hell as Searing Heat in Europe Sends Travelers Packing
Tourists are evacuated by sea after a fire threatens hotels at Rhodes, while Italy, Spain, and Greece sizzle as mercury soars.
MEGARA, Greece — The seawater near this historic town on the Isthmus of Corinth is on fire. Not literally, but anyone hoping to find relief from the searing heat by jumping in the water will currently find temperatures flirting with the high 80s. Similar phenomena are being reported along vast stretches of the storied Mediterranean coasts of not only Greece but Cyprus, Italy, and Spain. It is, in effect, impossible to cool down.
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