Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern Europe in the coming days.
A visitor is affected by the heat atop the Acropolis hill, during a heatwave in Athens, Greece, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
But a new anticyclone dubbed Charon, who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead, pushed into the region from north Africa on Sunday and could lift temperatures above 45 Celsius in parts of Italy early this week. Italy's Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said authorities were keeping a close eye on Rome and urged people to take care.
Besides the Italian capital, health alerts were in place from the central city of Florence to Palermo in Sicily and Bari, in the southeast of the peninsula.
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