sightseeing was a dangerous business in athens today. tourists were given emergency water supplies to cool down. a heatwave named after the 3 headed dog that guards the gates of hades in greek mythology is driving temperatures across southern europe to truly hellish levels. translation: we will deliver 30,000 bottles of water today. it was suffocating. we are from washington, dc, we get a lot of heat there. but it is not like this. ., heat there. but it is not like this. . , ., this. the air temperature in italy could this. the air temperature in italy could even this. the air temperature in italy could even top - this. the air temperature in italy could even top the - italy could even top the all time 48.8 c record next week. this satellite map of spain shows service temperatures reached 60 celsius in places. temperature brackets have also been smashed in parts of canada, the us and china. at the same time antarctic sea ice