In Sardinia thermometers close to 40 degrees even in the next few days .
"From Thursday and at least until the beginning of next week, the African anticyclone will bring a further increase in heat throughout Italy , once again especially in the central-northern regions and in Sardinia where the anomaly will be more significant, even by almost 10 ° C compared to the average ", explain the meteorologists of 3bmeteo.com.
THE PEAK - "If already last Friday we recorded peaks of 38-39 ° C - add the experts - in the second part of the week the heat will be more intense and persistent from North to South, with values close to 40 ° C in different areas of the Po Valley, in cities such as Alessandria, Lodi, Cremona, Mantua, Bologna and also in the Center-South, between Florence and Terni, as well as on Foggiano and the Sardinian hinterland between Sassari, Oristano and Cagliari . "Again:" Along the coastal sectors the heatwave will be partially dampened by the circulation of breeze typical of anticyclonic periods, however in these areas the higher humidity rates will make the heat more sultry and therefore gradually less bearable, especially from the weekend. Tropical nights in the big cities of the Center-North, where the lows will struggle to drop even below 24-26 ° C and with possible values of 30 ° C around midnight in urban areas ".
On Wednesday, the peak of heat in Sardinia was recorded in Oristano and Olbia, where the thermometers reached 37 and 36 degrees respectively.
FIRE - And, with the warning for the scorching heat and drought, the warning for fires obviously remains very high. Also on Wednesday, 16 fires broke out on the island and air vehicles had to intervene in 4 locations ( IL BULLETTINO )
ALARM ALL OVER ITALY - The heat and fire alert does not only concern Sardinia. A large fire also developed in the Karst, near Trieste , where a motorway section was also closed, while near Orvieto the railway traffic on the direct Rome-Florence and on the slow line was interrupted following a large fire of scrub and wood.
IN EUROPE - Very high temperatures and fire alarms also in the rest of Europe, in this which according to experts is the sixth hottest summer ever. Suffice it to say that 40.2 degrees were recorded at London Heathrow airport for the first time.
In France , on the other hand, the situation is even more critical: in 64 municipalities , mainly along the Atlantic coast, the absolute record of heat has been beaten , while several devastating fires have been raging for days that have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, particularly in Gironde, and destroyed hundreds of hectares of woods and vegetation, with temperatures still rising, between 37 and 40 degrees.
(Unioneonline / lf)
