Italy on red alert as heatwave bakes Europe
Health officials warned of possible effects on healthy adults as temperatures topped 35C and a cold front was expected to bring relief later in the week.
- On Thursday, Italy issued its first red heatwave alert of the year for Rome, Florence, Bologna, Brescia, and Turin, warning of "possible negative effects on the health of healthy, active people."
- A "heat dome" brought record-breaking temperatures across Europe this week, with mercury reaching 40.3C in Mora, Portugal, on Wednesday, while Spain's national weather office Aemet described conditions as "extraordinarily high."
- Authorities linked several deaths to the baking heat, as officials in France reported incidents where "there was even someone who fainted and vomited," and Italy's Jannik Sinner suffered from dehydration at the French Open.
- Health officials advised Italians to stay indoors and hydrate during peak afternoon hours, while Pescara remained under an orange warning amid concerns that wildfire damage is already worse than last year.
- A cold front from Scotland is set to bring showers and thunderstorms to central and southern Italy, with unstable conditions forecast for the Republic Day long weekend on June 2.
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Rome. Italy declared a red alert yesterday for Rome and four other cities to the heat wave in Western Europe, which left record temperatures for a month of May in Portugal, France and the United Kingdom.
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Current temperatures lead to heat warnings in several European countries.
Italy puts four major cities on red heatwave alert
Italy placed four major cities under red heatwave alert on Wednesday as Europe swelters through an early-season scorcher.Rome, Florence, Turin and Bologna will be upgraded to the highest-level red alert, with the hot streak expected to continue
Italy declared on Thursday a red alert for Rome and four other cities to the heat wave that affects Western Europe and that left temperature records this May in Portugal and France.
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