# Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/italy-putting-nearly-all-major-cities-on-highest-heat-alert/
- Published: 2026-08-01T17:51:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T18:05:22+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Science (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7k4gdrgljo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Europe, Science, World

## Key points

- Italy expects 25 of 27 major cities on red heat alert.
- Officials warn heat threatens healthy people as well as vulnerable groups.
- Heatwaves are worsening wildfire conditions across southern Europe.

## Summary

Italy has placed nearly all of its major cities on its highest heat alert as a heatwave brings temperatures in the mid-30s Celsius and poses risks even to healthy people. The alert highlights wider extreme-weather pressures across southern Europe, where heatwave conditions are also helping to fuel major wildfires.

Nineteen Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Venice and Naples, are already on red alert; by Monday, 25 of 27 major cities are expected to be at that level, with Reggio Calabria and Messina on amber alert. Officials advise avoiding direct sun between 11:00 and 18:00, staying indoors and drinking fluids, while fires continue in Greece, France, Portugal and Spain; Spain has seen more than 200,000 hectares burn in 2026, about five times the usual area for this point in the year.

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