Italy is in the middle of theheat wave more intense thansummer 2023 with extremely high temperatures and well above the norm. The "fault", as meteorologists point out, lies with the African anticyclone which is advancing throughout the Mediterranean.
For experts, it is absolutely not normal to have values over 42°C for so many days and in so many cities. But how long will it last? The historic extent of this wave should last for the entire month of July, even if the highest temperature peaks should be recorded between today and Wednesday 19 July, particularly in the central-southern regions, on the inland areas of the major islands while in the central-north , should last until Wednesday and then be interrupted by a short thunderstorm phase.
In addition to the intense heat, you will also have to deal with thehigh humidity which could endanger the health of the most fragile people. And if during the day the climate is hot, at night the heat will leave no way out. Tropical nights are expected with Charon, i.e. with temperatures that will never drop below 20-25 degrees. In short, we will not get rid of this super heat wave easily.
The cities with the red dot
Starting Tuesday, Charon tinges with red il SNOW of the heat waves of the Ministry of Health. The city reported with the maximum alert level are: Ancona, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Cagliari, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome, Trieste, Venice, Verona and Viterbo. On Wednesday, on the other hand, the same cities as the previous day will be marked with a red dot except Bolzano, which passes from the red dot to the yellow dot. On the other hand, always on Wednesday, Bari, Catania, Civitavecchia and Turin turn red from orange. Only Milan and Reggio Calabria will be orange, while Bolzano (after two days of red dot) and Genoa will have yellow dot.
Rome in the grip of the heat: Tuesday 18 July the peak
The highest temperature ever is expected in Sardinia Tuesday 18, with peaks of 45-47 degrees in inland areas. Similar scenario in Sicilia, where peak heat could hit 47 degrees inland next week. Delicate situation a Rome, where 42-43 degrees are expected on Tuesday. Precisely for this reason, the head of the Civil Protection of Rome Giuseppe Napolitano drew up 28 sensitive points: "from the Colosseum to Viale Marconi, from Ponte Milvio to Viale Europa, from Piazza Venezia to the Anagnina metro and the local markets, a task force of 80 people volunteers and personnel from the Civil Protection, Red Cross and Acea will be on the street from 11 on the hottest day of the year”, explains Napolitano, adding that water bottles will also be distributed at the Colosseum.
On the go Heat code in emergency rooms and outpatient clinics
Heat code in emergency departments, activation of local clinics 7 days a week – 7 noon for accesses relating to the effects of the heat, strengthening of the emergency medical service, reactivation of the Uscars (Special Units for Regional Care Continuity): these are the measures taken to promote home assistance and prevent emergency rooms from being overrun. And these are the recommendations of the Ministry of Health contained in the circular issued to the Regions to deal with thehot emergency and prevent the effects of the heat waves of these weeks.
Fire emergency
With the high temperatures emergency, another one is also triggered alarm: that fire. It is no coincidence that in the regions most at risk the plans have already come into operation with checks and monitoring in the areas considered most at risk. In Sardinia, an exchange collaboration relationship has already been activated with the Civil Protection of the other regions precisely to intensify controls in areas where the fire risk is very high.
