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Italy’s Heatwave Persists With 20 Cities Under Red Alert Ahead of Forecast Storms

Hospital admissions for heat-related illnesses have surged, prompting enforcement of work bans with new cooling centers.

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Overview

  • Temperatures above 40 °C continue across southern and central Italy, keeping 20 cities at the highest red-alert level.
  • At least four heat-related fatalities have been confirmed in the past 48 hours, including two tourists in Sardinia, an elderly man in Genoa and a truck driver on the A4 in Brescia.
  • Overloaded power grids caused blackouts in Florence, Bergamo and Milan as air-conditioner demand spiked.
  • Regional authorities from Sardinia to Lombardy have suspended outdoor work between 12:30 and 16:00 and opened public cooling centers to protect workers and vulnerable residents.
  • Meteorologists forecast convective thunderstorms moving in by Friday, offering the first significant drop in temperatures since mid-June.