Sicily is hot. Temperatures in various areas exceed 45 degrees. And there could also be a new record: this afternoon, 11 August, 48.8 ° C (given by the Sias network) were recorded in the province of Syracuse, after Tuesday’s 47 ° C in Lentini. “If the data is validated, after the appropriate analyzes, it could become the highest value recorded on the European continent, beating the previous record of 48 ° C measured in Athens on 10 July 1977, even surpassing the record of 48.5 ° C set by an unofficial station in Catenanuova in August 1999 ”, says 3bmeteo.com meteorologist Manuel Mazzoleni.
Maximum alert on fires, mayor ordinance in Lentini
In Syracuse, the mayor Francesco Italia has activated all the necessary procedures “with civil protection volunteers who patrol the area and distribute water to children and the elderly in public places”. There is also maximum alert on fires which, as underlined by the Regional Civil Protection, “develop in a storm and continue to devastate Sicily”. Houses evacuated in Giarratana, in the Ragusa area, and in Pergusa, in the Ennese area. In action air vehicles, volunteers, the Forestry Corps of the Region, the Fire Brigade and the Civil Protection. Also in Syracuse, in Lentini, the mayor Saverio Bosco signed an ordinance to limit the number of people walking around the streets during the hottest hours and also to safeguard the health of animals. “From 10 to 19 – says Bosco – it is forbidden to walk with dogs and it is also forbidden to keep animals on the balconies or terraces.
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Hot climate throughout the South
The climate, however, will also be hot in the rest of the South with 39-42 degrees in Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, Campania (Caserta). At least until the weekend of August 15th, the experts of iLMeteo.it specify, the maximum temperatures in Tuscany, Lazio and Emilia could reach 39-40 degrees in inland areas (such as in Florence and Bologna), 38 in Rome, up to 37 in Veneto and Lombardy, 35 in Piedmont and 32 in Liguria.
