High Lucifer brings another huge wave of heat to Italy.
From the troubled south, the high is now moving north.
Rome - The weather high Lucifer continues to bring enormous heat to Italy.
This is particularly worrying because of the ongoing fires.
According to local authorities, a new heat record was measured in Sicily on Wednesday.
In the city of Floridia near Syracuse, the thermometer rose to 48.8 degrees from the winds of the hair dryer.
The previous Europe-wide record had previously been 48.5 degrees.
The Italian
Corriere della Sera
spoke of the “stove” of Floridia.
Heat-high Lucifer moves over Italy: Even healthy active people in 15 cities are in danger
Now High Lucifer is following the forecasts towards the north and is also bringing extreme temperature values there.
Temperatures around 40 degrees are also expected in the regions of Tuscany and Lazio at the weekend.
According to the
Corriere della Sera
, 15 Italian cities were marked by the Ministry of Health with the so-called "red dot" on Friday.
This warns of possible negative effects on the health of healthy and active people.
The heat here threatens everyone and not just older or very young children or people with previous illnesses.
The following cities are listed: Bari, Bologna, Bozen, Brescia, Cagliari, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia, Rieti, Rome, Trieste and Viterbo.
In the far south, the heat is decreasing a bit.
However, values around 32 degrees are still expected in Calabria and values around 36 degrees are still expected in Naples.
(rjs with afp)