Overview

• The Caronte anticyclone has driven temperatures across Italy to widely 36–38°C with local peaks at or above 40°C in Lazio, Tuscany and parts of the Po Valley.
• The Ministry of Health has escalated heat alerts to 16 red bollini for August 13, prompting measures for vulnerable groups and moving the Pope’s Wednesday audience indoors.
• Emergency services remain engaged in wildfire suppression after overnight blazes near Frosinone and a multi-day fire in the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio that has scorched about 560 hectares.
• Tropical nights with minima of 23–24°C are persisting in many areas, exacerbating health risks and discomfort for residents.
• Weather models forecast the anticyclone will dominate through Ferragosto with only sporadic mountain thunderstorms and unlikely relief before late August.