This was reported on the website of the National Observatory of Athens.

“According to the network of meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens, the temperature exceeded + 40 ° С at 143 stations, + 43 ° С at 22 stations, and the absolute maximum temperature was + 46.3 ° С in Makrakomi,” the publication says.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared areas in the south of the country affected by forest fires as a disaster zone.