Scorching temperatures hit Spain, Italy and Greece, damaging agriculture and leaving tourists scurrying for shade
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.
“We need to prepare for a severe heat storm that, day after day, will blanket the whole country,” Italian weather news serviceGreece closed the ancient Acropolis during the hottest part of the day on Friday to protect tourists. 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, while the temperatures also started to build further north.
The heatwave will intensify from Monday, with temperatures reaching 44 C in the Guadalquivir valley near Seville in the south of the country, forecasters predicted.
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