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Eight major Italian cities are on red
alert on Tuesday as the heatwave the nation is enduing
intensifies.
Bolzano, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia and Turin have
joined Rome and Rieti, which were already on red alert on Monday
as Italy bakes in its second heat wave of the summer.
Rome, Rieti, Florence, Frosinone, Latina and Perugia will also
be on red alert on Wednesday, as will Bologna.
Red alert means the heat is so intense it poses a threat to
healthy, active people.
Orange alert, the next notch down, indicates that the heat is a
danger to fragile groups such as the elderly, the clinically
vulnerable and very young children.
The current heat wave is forecast to last all week, with
temperatures going above 40° Celsius.
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