Health officials from Cyprus announced that a second person died of sunstroke today, as the country has been hit by a heat wave for the past week, which brought record temperatures for this time of year.
Temperatures on the island were very high all Sunday, exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.
A statement from the Cyprus National Health Service said an 84-year-old woman died after being admitted to hospital on Friday, while three other elderly patients were being treated in hospital.
High temperatures and strong winds also hampered firefighting efforts in the mountainous area southwest of the capital Nicosia, where more than 3,2 square kilometers of forest burned.
Last Sunday, 49 residents in two communities in the island's western Paphos district were evacuated to hotels after a fire threatened their homes, while planes from Greece and Jordan joined the firefighting effort.
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