Heat: Thursday red alert in 27 out of 27 cities, peak never reached

Heat: Thursday red alert in 27 out of 27 cities, peak never reached
Heat and high temperatures, steadily above 32 degrees, some cool off in the fountain of Piazza De Ferrari. Genoa, August 3, 2026. 
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Summer 2026 breaks the record of records: on Thursday, August 6, out of 27 cities monitored by the Ministry of Health’s heatwave surveillance system, all 27 are red alert. Throughout the entire Peninsula, no provincial capital excluded, there will be maximum alert with possible health risks for the general population. Level 3 in Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Cagliari, Campobasso, Catania, Civitavecchia, Florence, Frosinone, Genoa, Latina, Messina, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rieti, Rome, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Verona, and Viterbo. Today and tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 4 and 5, only Messina and Reggio Calabria escape the red code and have an orange alert: level 2, with health dangers for the vulnerable.

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