Extreme weather

Extreme weather in Europe
Greece warns of the heat - tourists are affected

Greek authorities have sent out an urgent warning to everyone traveling to the country this year after several tourists died from the effects of the heat wave, writes The Independent.

So far, four people have died and several are missing.

- During the 20th century, we never had a heat wave before June 19. We have had several in the 2000s, but none before June 15, says Panos Giannopoulos, a meteorologist in Greek state television, according to The Independent.

Several fires have also broken out in parts of the country and several villages have had to be evacuated, writes the Greek newspaper Ekathimerini.

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Extreme weather in India
Several dead in rainy weather in India - tourists stranded

At least six people have died in northern India and the state of Sikkim after heavy rain in the region, Reuters reports. Landslides and floods have meant that around 2,000 tourists cannot leave the area.

- It has been raining non-stop for 36 hours. The road to North Sikkim has been damaged at several places, halting connections to the district, local official Hem Kumar Chettri said, according to the news agency.

Sikkim, located between Nepal, Bhutan and China, is often marked by natural disasters as a result of extreme weather in the Himalayas.