Upcoming weekend predicted to be hottest so far this year in Italy

The upcoming weekend is likely to be the hottest of the year with an increasing number of cities on red and orange alert, according to the health ministry.
Overall, nine major urban centres on Saturday will be on red alert, meaning the heat is so intense it represents a threat for healthy people – up from eight on Friday, the ministry said.
Eleven cities will be on orange alert compared to six the previous day, it added.
Overall, the cities on red alert on Thursday were Perugia and Roma, with the addition on Friday of Brescia, Campobasso, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo e Rieti.
On Saturday, according to the weekly bulletin issued by the health ministry which monitors 27 major urban centres, the list will also include Florence.
The orange alert, which indicates a risk factor for the frail is set to include Saturday the cities of Bologna, Bolzano, Civitavecchia, Genova, Messina, Napoli, Torino, Trieste, Venezia, Verona and Viterbo).
Temperatures forecast for the weekend are expected to near 40°C in northern and central Italy, including in cities like Ferrara and Florence, and in the majority of the south and on the islands, according to meteorologist Lorenzo Tredici of iLMeteo.it.
Rome will register temperatures ranging between 34 and 37°C at least until November 20, said Tredici.

Via ANSA