The deadliest heatwave in the history of Greece – a deadly combination of extreme temperatures for many days, humidity and cloud – hit the country and especially Athens in 1987.
At a time when Air Conditions were an unknown word for most, the country mourned at least 1,300 deaths, of which 1115 in Attica.
The prolonged heatwave began on July 20 and lasted 10 days, until July 31st.
The maximum temperature measured at the National Observatory of Athens in downtown Athens was 41.9 ° C on July 23 and in New Philadelphia was 43.6 ° C on July 27, which was the highest recorded in the Athens region.
In fact, For eight days the thermometer did not fall below 30 degrees nor at nightmaking the cements light up and apartments in apartment buildings have turned into “ovens”.
The first 9 dead were recorded on July 22, and then the number began to grow rapidly daily, with the cemeteries and cemeteries filled with suffocating.
In fact, due to lack of space, the authorities They put the bodies of the dead even in wagons – OSE refrigerators.
Megeerologist D. Ziakopoulos in his book “Weather: The Son of the Earth and the Sun”, says that the dead, in total, reached 4,000, regardless of whether many of the deaths were not associated with the heatwave and did not record in the official number.
Officially recorded 1300 dead, it is estimated that 400 elderly died helpless from the extreme heat, which caused them deadly heart and stroke.
View the report of the season from the ERT archive
Source: Skai
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