The Meteo Service issued an orange warning for extreme high temperature late this evening and on Friday and the Forestry Department said that the red alert remains in place.
The orange warning was issued at 1700 local time today and it is valid from 2030 local time tonight until 1700 local time Friday.
Overnight the minimum temperature is expected to be around 27 degrees Celsius inland and tomorrow the maximum temperature is expected to be around 43 degrees inland and around 35 over Troodos highest peaks.
Source: Cyprus News Agency