On Wednesday, the weather station in the village of Lefkara, located about 20 kilometres from the coast, recorded an even higher reading of 46.1 degrees
The UN chief urged world leaders to take steps to cut emissions in response to the “masterclass in climate destruction” that the world witnessed in 2024.
NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, said this discovery was a call to “act now to protect our communities and planet.”
Mr Antonio Guterres stated that “our world is being plagued by a perfect storm on a number of fronts.”
The UN agency states that 559 million children were exposed to frequent heat waves in 2020, with about two billion to be affected in 2050.
Local governments were urged to secure water supplies and bring in artificial rainfall if needed. This involved shooting chemicals into clouds to generate rain.
Greek weather forecasters have told the country to brace for a heatwave starting on Thursday that they expect would not break before Sunday, with central regions likely to be worst affected
The NPHCDA chief explained that a hundred thousand doses of the Pfizer inoculation to Nigeria would have been “a drop in the ocean.”
