Still hot, although our outdoor thermometer didn’t go beyond 34. Earlier today humidity was given as 11%. Does that make us a desert? Actually, the island of Cyprus is officially at risk of desertification, caused by decreasing rainfall, urbanisation, and increased water consumption. Interior temperatures as high as 42 today and forest fires have broken out in both South and North. While referred to as forest fires, they aren’t on a Canadian scale. Probably closer to being grass fires, though still closing roads and threatening buildings. Cyprus does have forests, but not where the fires are located.
Has resulted in the sad loss of olive trees though. (Photo by Ahmet Said Sayın, FB friend of friend).
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