Greece has closed schools and tourist attractions as temperatures soar to 43 C. It's the earliest in the year that the country has ever recorded a heat wave.
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00:00 Greece has recorded its earliest heat wave on record.
00:04 The country's most visited tourist site, the Acropolis in Athens, was shuttered on Wednesday
00:10 as temperatures topped 43 degrees Celsius.
00:13 The government also closed schools and issued a pause on outdoor work.
00:18 Greece marks a heat wave when there are temperatures over 38 degrees Celsius for at least three
00:24 days.
00:25 Meteorologists say Greece has never before recorded a heat wave before the middle of
00:29 June.
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