Overview

• Anas logged 27.4 million vehicle transits between August 8 and noon August 10, with Saturday morning marked 'bollino nero' and traffic volumes up 3 percent from the previous weekend.
• Authorities suspended 1,392 roadworks—over 83 percent of active sites—and upheld heavy-vehicle bans during key hours, backed by around 2,500 personnel on 24-hour monitoring duty.
• Meteorological services confirmed that the African anticyclone’s heat wave has peaked and warned of temperatures reaching 40 °C that will remain through the Assumption holiday.
• The Ministry of Health assigned Florence a 'bollino rosso' heat-risk alert for August 10 and 'bollino arancione' to 13 other cities, urging precautions for vulnerable populations.
• Forecasts indicate the anticyclone will weaken after August 15, leading to increased instability and isolated thunderstorms across the Alps and Apennines.