According to the RaiNews portal, Italy is experiencing its fourth African heat wave of the summer, and meteorologists foresee no relief for at least ten days. Naples reached 48 degrees Celsius on Friday, and several cities across the country exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. This Saturday, August 8, 2026, the Ministry of Health maintains a red heat alert for 19 cities, a number that will be repeated on Sunday. Bolzano is under an orange alert; Brescia, Cagliari, Milan, Turin, Trieste, Venice, and Verona are under a yellow alert.
The summer of 2026 could be the hottest in Italian history, according to experts, and threatens to surpass the record set in 2003. Lorenzo Giovannini, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Trento, told ANSA that the season "could threaten to break the historical record of 2003."
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