The red-labeled cities for the high risk of heat waves will go from 9 today to 2 pm tomorrow and 4 pm on Friday.
Those that already have the red stamp today, and will keep it for the next two days, are: Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Florence, Genoa, Latina, Perugia, Rieti and Rome.
The number will rise to 14 tomorrow when they will be joined by Campobasso, Frosinone, Milan, Turin and Viterbo.
While on Friday the red alert will also extend to Verona and Trieste.
This is what the Ministry of Health's heat wave bulletin indicates, which monitors 27 provincial capitals on a daily basis.
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"Today, unfortunately, after a period with very high temperatures, with freezing temperatures above 4400 meters, we gave up and we have to communicate in spite of ourselves the temporary suspension of skiing on the Stelvio glacier".
This was announced by Umberto Capitani, the manager of the ski lifts in Alta Valtellina, on the border with the province of Bolzano, where summer skiing is practiced from June to November.
"At the moment only the cable cars for pedestrians will remain in operation - explains the entrepreneur who also owns hotels in Bormio -. We are confident that with the first disturbances the current situation will improve and the slopes for the training of the National Teams can also be reopened. skiing and for tourists. We hope that the weather will set the conditions to return to skiing ".
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