TURKEY/YUGOSLAVIA: SOARING TEMPERATURES FROM HEAT WAVE SWEEP ACROSS TURKEY FROM THE BALKANS KILLING AT LEAST FOUR

Record ID: 590785

  • Title: TURKEY/YUGOSLAVIA: SOARING TEMPERATURES FROM HEAT WAVE SWEEP ACROSS TURKEY FROM THE BALKANS KILLING AT LEAST FOUR
  • Date: 6th July 2000
  • Summary: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY (JULY 6, 2000)(REUTERS) 1. GV/SLV CHILDREN PLAYING IN RIVER (3 SHOTS) 0.19 2. SLV/MV CHILDREN SWIMMING IN FOUNTAIN (2 SHOTS) 0.32 3. VARIOUS PEOPLE IN STREET, SHLETERING UNDER UMBRELLAS/TREES (5 SHOTS) 1.05 5. VARIOUS MEN COOLING OFF UNDER TAP (3 SHOTS) 1.18 6. EXT EXTERIOR OF STATE HOSPITAL 1.24 7. MV PEOPLE IN WAITING ROOM 1.29 8. MV/SV WOMAN HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN (2 SHOTS) 1.36 ANATALYA, TURKEY (JULY 7, 2000)(REUTERS) 9. SLV PEOPLE RESTING UNDER SHADE 1.43 10. SV/MV MAN WASHING HIS HEAD (2 SHOTS) 1.55 11. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING: "We are fed up with extreme temperatures. Trying to cool down inside and outside." (pointing with his ice cream) 1.59 12. MV CHILDREN ENJOYING WATER (2 SHOTS) 2.10 13. VARIOIUS OF PEOPLE ON BEACH (4 SHOTS) 2.28 BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA (JULY 7, 2000) (REUTERS) 14. LV/MV BELGRADE STREET SCENES (HEAT WAVE) (2 SHOTS) 2.39 15. WS OF FOUNTAIN IN CENTRAL BELGRADE 2.43 16. MV DOGS AND PEOPLE AROUND FOUNTAIN (2 SHOTS) 2.51 17. MV DOGS JUMPING AND SWIMMING IN THE FOUNTAIN (3 SHOTS) 3.15 18. CU/MV A WAITER SERVING COLD DRINKS TO PEOPLE SITTING IN THE CAFFE (3 SHOTS) 3.34 19. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND CHILDREN JUMPING AND SWIMMING IN THE SWIMMING POOL (4 SHOTS) 3.57 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2000 13:00
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  • Location: DIYARBAKIR, ANTALYA, TURKEY/BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
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  • Country: Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVA6QUE1KGPUK6WHCCFKP0JU582
  • Story Text: Soaring temperatures from a heat wave that has swept
    across Turkey from the Balkans killed at least four people and
    sent more than 100 to hospital overnight.

    Temperatures in Serbia rose above 40 degrees Celsius, the
    highest recorded in Yugoslavia in the past decade.



    Four people died of heart attacks and brain
    haemorrhages brought on by temperatures exceeding 40 degrees
    Celsius in the southern Turkish cities of Antalya and Kilis
    and hospitals received more than a hundred others suffering
    from heat stroke.

    Humidity reached serious levels, with temperatures rising
    up to 40 degrees Celcius.

    Southeastern Diyarbakir is one area suffering the extreme
    heat wave.

    People again looked desperately for ways to beat the beat.

    Children took to the water, where they could find it.

    In the southern city of Diyarbakir, umbrellas were at a
    premium. Those who didn't have one found a tree and propped in
    the shade.

    Others found a water source and doused themselves to try to
    keep cool.

    Doctors have warned people not to leave their homes unless
    necessary. They say an increasing number of patients
    sufferring blood pressure and heart problems are turning up at
    local hospitals.

    The heatwave, that has brought temperatures as high as 50
    degrees Celsius in Italy and the Balkans, has killed at least
    seven people and destroyed crops. It is expected to hold until
    the beginning of next week.

    Most towns in Serbia saw temperatures of 40 degrees celcius
    or more during the past week, while in the province of
    Vojvodina, the country's breadbasket region, they ranged from
    37 to 39 degrees.

    People stayed off the streets in the Yugoslav capital
    Belgrade as temperatures soared to 40 degrees Celsius in the
    shade, the highest registered since 1989.

    The heat wave gripping southeastern Europe has contributed
    to a collapse of Kosovo's power generation system and
    triggered brush fires and a chemical explosion, officials in
    the province said on Friday.

    Nearby countries were unable to spare any power and the
    province was relying for the moment on a small export from
    Serbia proper and some hydro-electric power, Lindmeier said.

    Temperatures in Kosovo, which has been under international
    rule since June 1999, have soared above 40 Celsius (104
    Fahrenheit) in the last few days. Several brush fires broke
    out in the north of the province, the NATO-led KFOR
    peacekeeping force said.

    "The fires were kept under observation by KFOR troops and
    most of the blazes have burned themselves out," said U.S. Army
    Major Scott Slaten, a KFOR spokesman.

    Elsewhere in the territory, a 50-litre tank containing
    chemicals burst due to high temperatures on Thursday and
    released chlorine fumes, Slaten said. KFOR and police
    evacuated the area and the threat dissipated within a couple
    of hours.

    Conditions in Kosovo were cooler on Friday, with weather
    forecasters predicting a maximum temperature of 33 Celsius
    (91F) much to the relief of the large number of foreign
    soldiers, officials and aid workers unused to the recent
    intense heat.

    In the coastal republic of Montenegro, the capital
    Podgorica saw temperatures rise to 39 degrees Celcius and
    Tivat on the coast 35 degrees Celcius.


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