Yellow weather warning for Wednesday

The met office issued a new yellow warning for high temperatures for Wednesday, as the temperature is expected to rise to 41C inland and to 33C in the mountains.

The warning is valid from 11:00 until 17:00 on Wednesday afternoon.

By 3pm on Tuesday the following maximum temperatures and humidity were recorded: Nicosia 41C (28 per cent humidity), Larnaca airport 38C (33 per cent), Limassol 33C (65 per cent), Paphos airport 33C (71 per cent), Frenaros 36C (41 per cent), Prodromos 34C (39 per cent) and Polis Chrysochous 40 Celsius (29 per cent).