Dozens die in Balkan heatwave 巴爾干熱浪使數十人死亡

Athens may be hit with rotting rubbish as well as heat

腐爛的垃圾可能會與暴熱一起席卷雅典

A heatwave scorching the Balkan region this week has killed dozens of people and put the region's emergency services on full alert.

In Croatia, some 40 people died of heart attacks caused by the heat in its four major cities while hundreds more were hospitalized with serious health problems, a local daily said.

Greece is facing its hottest day of the year on Thursday, with temperature expected to hit 44 C (111 F).

The heatwave has been blamed on masses of hot air from the Sahara Desert moving north.

似乎要將巴爾干地區烤焦了的熱浪本周已使數十人喪生，本地區應急部門都進入緊急狀態。

一家地方報紙說，在克羅地亞，4大主要城市有40人左右死于酷熱引起的心臟病，另有成千上百的人因嚴重的健康問題住進醫院。

周四，克羅地亞面臨今年的最高溫－據預測將達44C(111 F)。

這場熱浪歸罪于從撒哈拉沙漠向北襲來的大量熱空氣。