(12 Aug 2025)
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Lisbon, Portugal – 12 August 2025
1. Various of square and people in downtown Lisbon
2. Wide of street
3. Close of temperature sign showing 37 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit)
4. Various of tables outside with people in the shade and water sprinklers
5. Various of people queuing outside the Monastery of Jeronimos, one of Lisbon’s main monuments
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Gomez, tourist from Spain:
“One has to drink a lot, hydrate a lot, search the shade, because the heat is very dangerous, you can have a heat stroke at any point, this is very serious.”
(Reporter: "So what’s the plan now? To stay here?")
“No no, the queue is huge, you can stay here three or four hours, it’s too long to stay under the sun and I think is too dangerous, I see it as dangerous.”
7. Various of queue
8. Various of tourists hiding from the sun
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Emanuel Cionca, tourist from Romania:
“Better than the rain, it’s hot but at the same time we knew it would be hot so we are not very warmly dressed so it’s ok. We enjoy the weather, the clouds and little bit wind, but it’s hot, to be honest it’s hot.”
10. Tourist taking photographs
11. Various of people cooling themselves off in the garden
12. Children enjoying water feature
13.SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Marini, tourist from the United States:
“So we arrived yesterday, this is our first full day, it’s really really hot, but right now there is a cool breeze, I think it’s pleasant.”
14. Tourists buying water
15. Various of Tagus riverfront
STORYLINE:
Portugal is facing another heatwave while the country is battling a series of wildfires.
On Tuesday, temperatures were expected to reach 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in some inland areas, while in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital close to the Atlantic, temperatures are forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
In downtown Lisbon, some tourists enjoyed the heat, while others coped with it with more caution.
Outside the Jeronimos Monastery, one of the main tourist attractions in the capital, hundreds of people were queuing outside under the sun to have a chance to visit the historic site.
Some tourists, however, gave up due to the rising temperatures.
The country is under a high heat alert until Wednesday due to the extreme risk of fires.
Around 2,000 firefighters were on the ground tackling flames in several hotspots across the country.
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