Temperature easing back up again

TEMPERATURES over the next few days may rise slightly, but will not even approach the conditions of the recent heatwave.

Meteorological department head Cleanthis Philaniotis told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that the changes would not be “significant”, rising by no more than a couple of degrees. He did add that temperatures were still several degrees above normal for the time of year, however.

Philaniotis also said that for the forecastable future, no extreme high temperatures were expected.

More than 50 people died as a result of the heatwave earlier this month. Almost all of the victims were old age pensioners.

Scores of others were also hospitalised for heat-related illnesses. At one point not only was there difficulty in finding room for patients in hospitals, but the morgues were also full.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.