As the Serbian government mandated employers to protect outside employees from the heat, people in Belgrade’s Ada Ciganlija cove, fountains, and cafes sought relief on Thursday as a result of scorching temperatures.
As a result of winds from North Africa pushing a hot and dry front across the Balkans, meteorologists forecast temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius ( 104 Fahrenheit ) throughout Serbia this week.
People were advised not to leave the house and issued a “red” wind alert by health authorities and meteorologists. Belgrade’s emergency services said its physicians intervened more than 100 times immediately, generally treating people with heart and persistent conditions.
Employers were instructed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to organize outside work so that it amounted to light physical labor and immediate sun exposure.
” I believe this is all due to climate change causing like temps”, said 23- yr- old pupil Vojislav Sumenkovic.
Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to Adriatic coastlines, including the Ada Bojana location on the Albanian border, where health officials also issued a warning to people to stay out of the sun until late afternoon.
” It ( heat ) is kind of challenging, but we are in the water, on the beach”, said Kolya, 35, a tourist from Germany.
Authorities in Greece said they believed the embers were the result of burning as well as the hot, dry problems that were the result of wildfires that had spread to nearby Athens on Wednesday.
