The heat grip intensifies over the Central-Southern part of the peninsula. With the arrival of the fifth heatwave of this year, the number of cities with a red alert – indicating emergency conditions with possible negative effects both on the health of at-risk groups and on that of healthy and active people – has increased exponentially. If on Wednesday, August 26, there were only two, Campobasso and Palermo, by Friday, August 28, there will be as many as nine: Bari, Cagliari, Campobasso, Catania, Latina, Messina, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, and Rome. In many southern regions, from Puglia to Sardinia, passing through Sicily and Campania, mercury levels could exceed 40 degrees. Even in some areas of Northern Italy, temperatures will rise above the seasonal average, albeit with lower values. The situation will be better only in the Northwest, where highs will hover around 30 degrees.
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Extreme temperatures
Although there are fewer and fewer days left until the beginning of September, the scorching heat that has hit the country repeatedly throughout the summer does not ease its grip. On iLMeteo.it it is reported that the return of the suffocating humidity, after a few days of respite around the Ferragosto weekend, is due to “very hot air masses coming from the scorching lands of the Sahara, which in the coming days will strongly push towards the Mediterranean basin. The presence of a trough descending from the United Kingdom, which will tend to extend towards the Iberian Peninsula,” will favor their ascent.
Lorenzo Tedici, media manager of iLMeteo.it, announces that Friday will be “the worst day”: Foggia will reach 42 degrees, Benevento, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Cosenza, Nuoro, and Reggio Calabria will settle around 41 degrees, Frosinone and Terni will reach 40 degrees, and Ascoli Piceno and Rome 39 degrees.
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The daily heatwave bulletin from the Ministry of Health clearly illustrates the critical nature of the situation. On Friday the 28th, only three northern capitals will be marked with a green alert: Milan, Turin, and Trieste. In many other northern urban centers, however, the first level of alert, yellow, will be triggered. This is the case for Bolzano, Brescia, Genoa, Venice, and Verona, to which Naples is added, partially spared from the record temperatures affecting the Central-South. On Friday, Ancona, Bologna, Civitavecchia, Florence, Frosinone, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, and Viterbo will be “orange.”
The emergency in the South
On Wednesday, August 26, the 40-degree threshold was exceeded in Sicily. According to data from the network of stations of the Sicilian agrometeorological information service (Sias), Caltanissetta and Enna are the locations that reached the highest values in the region, with 42.7 degrees. Right behind is Aragona, in Agrigento, with 42.3 degrees. Peaks of 41 degrees were also reached in several locations in Agrigento, Nisseno, and Ennese.
