Kosovo swelters in heatwave

Record ID: 905586

  • Title: Kosovo swelters in heatwave
  • Date: 7th August 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian) EMERGENCY CLINIC DIRECTOR, DR. BASRI LENJANI, SAYING: "The emergency clinic has an enormous number of people seeking emergency medical treatment at the moment. Last year in the period from January to July some 22,280 people who were sick or injured sought medical help. This year in the same period of time from January to July we had a record number of ill and injured who asked for emergency medical treatment, over 30,000 in total." VARIOUS OF MEASURING EQUIPMENT AT HYDROMETEOROLOGY STATION VARIOUS OF DOWNTOWN PRISTINA VARIOUS OF PEOPLE COOLING OFF IN OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2017 14:21
  • Keywords: heatwave Lucifer hospital patients hot weather Balkans
  • Location: PRISTINA, KOSOVO
  • City: PRISTINA, KOSOVO
  • Country: Kosovo
  • Topics: Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056T5QRT3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kosovo continued to swelter on Monday (August 7) as a heat wave nicknamed "Lucifer" brought the highest temperatures in a decade to the small Balkan nation.
    The director of one emergency clinic in the capital Pristina said the number of people seeking medical treatment had dramatically increased in 2017, in part because of very high temperatures. The heat has mostly affected elderly people and those suffering from chronic diseases.
    Kosovo's Hydrometeorology Institute told Reuters TV that temperatures had peaked at 38.7 degrees Celsius (101.6°F), the highest in a decade. The institute forecast another hot week with a modest drop in temperatures the following week.
    Swathes of southern and eastern Europe have been hit by temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in a heat wave that has fanned forest fires, triggered weather warning alerts and damaged crops. European weather hub Meteoalarm issued its highest grade "red" warnings for 10 countries.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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