The heat has already caused several deaths, the Italian news agency ANSA reported 4 people dying over the past two days, believed to be linked to the heat. Including a 70-year-old man who fainted and died on the beach in Giovinazzo near Bari in Southern region of Apulia, two others on beaches and one elderly man who reportedly passed from a heat-related death in Rome.
Multiple regions in Italy are under red high temperature warnings, as the whole of the country is heating up. For the moment and until Wednesday the following 12 cities are under red alerts; Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome, Trieste and Viterbo.
The Italian Ministry of Health recommends staying inside and hydrated.
The extreme heatwave is driven by the African anticyclone Charon and is forecast to dominate the weather in the Mediterranean until around the end of July.
