![]() The governor of Sicily, Renato Schifani, has asked the central government in Rome to declare a state of emergency in the region. The European record of 48.8C was registered in Floridia, Sicily, in August 2021. Temperatures rose to 47.6C in some parts of southern Italy and were forecast to remain so on Tuesday before a drop on Wednesday. The local airport, Italy’s fifth-biggest, was closed last week after a fire in a terminal building and has reopened only for a few flights. In the east Sicilian city of Catania, temperatures were close to 47C and people were struggling with power cuts and water supply problems. The church of the convent of Santa Maria di Gesù, dating back to the 15th century, and located in the outskirts of Palermo, was also hit by the flames. Hundreds of patients at Hospital Cervello, in the north of Palermo, were evacuated and moved to another health facility, and two hospitals had suspended routine appointments. Hospitals across the city reported a sharp rise in the number of people seeking emergency care for heat-related illnesses. Motorist captures highway in Palermo engulfed in flames as wildfires hit southern Italy – video The National Institute for Astrophysics said 47C was recorded at its digital weather station at the top of the medieval Palazzo dei Normanni at 3.42pm. Temperatures in Palermo soared on Monday, breaking the previous record for the city of 44.8C set in 1999. Now I need to find a place to sleep tonight.” “We have lost everything”, said one resident. Hundreds of families were forced to flee the Borgo Nuovo district, a few miles from the city centre, because of the fires. ![]() In the early hours of the afternoon, the main streets of the Sicilian capital, normally crowded with tourists, were almost deserted. More than 200 people in Palermo had sought medical attention for smoke inhalation. Near Palermo, more than 120 families had been evacuated from their homes in Mondello, Capo Gallo and Poggio Ridente since Monday, as clouds of smoke and ash advanced towards the city centre, making the air unbreathable, and the sirens of fire engines and ambulances resounded across the city. The storms in Lombardy claimed four lives, including that of a 16-year-old girl who was killed during a camping trip in Cedelogo when a tree fell on her tent.Ī 58-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in Monza and a couple, both aged 19, died after the driver lost control of their car on a slippery road in Varese. “We have never seen anything like it,” a San Martino delle Scale resident told Italy’s Ansa news agency. Wildfires tear through Sicily forcing Palermo airport to close – video ![]()
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