18 Italian cities with red dot

Heat and burning heat for many Italian cities. Meteorologists predict tropical nights while the heat causes the consumption of electricity. The Heatwaves newsletter from the Ministry of Health reports an escalation of the 3 warning centers, the highest, which will rise to 18 Thursday, all in North Central.

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Bologna, Campobbado, Florence, Genoa, Perugia, Pescara and Rieti. While August 2 will rise to 18 cities marked by Alert 3: Bolzano, Bologna, Brescia, Campobbado, Florence, Frosinone, Genoa, Latina, Milan, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Verona and Viterbo

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In Bolzano, the municipality's plan is in place to ensure the elderly a bit of refreshment during the hottest hours of the day air-conditioned facilities. And to find the cooling you have to climb very high: at three thousand meters altitude are affected 15 degrees, while on the Cima Libera, at 3,399 meters, the maximum is still 10 degrees. In Genoa, "the access to first aid is above average, the data are not alarming but the situation is worrying," says Ernesto Palummeri, coordinator of the Center for Prevention of damage caused by heat waves in Liguria . Here too, the municipality has put in place a hot plan: it includes staff to supervise critical cases and the possibility of spending time in social centers and air-conditioned libraries.

In Bologna, access to the city center. Hospital Maggiore Ospedale and Sant Polinico Orsola for the category "over 75", the most affected, are lower than expected and estimates for the period 2013-2017. And in Florence, the city council "recommends limiting outdoor activities for the elderly, children and frail people"; then there is a slight increase in the access of patients with problems related to high temperatures in the 9 first aid dell'Asl Tuscany to which they refer Florence, Empoli, Prato and Pistoia. The heat is also intense in most of Umbria, but hospitals in Perugia and Terni do not report emergency situations. In Pescara, to cope with the heat, many people have dumped on the beaches, and the center of operations has not recorded any increase in heat-related interventions, or 39, access to the emergency rooms.

Still in Campobbado for the moment, there are no particular disadvantages. Finally, in Rieti, health authorities report a slight increase in hospital visits due to illness, especially among the elderly. "The African high is going to warm up Italy at least all week – explains 3bmeteo.com meteorologist Edoardo Ferrara – We're waiting for tropical nights with at least 25-27 degrees, especially in major urban centers and along the coast ". For the expert, there will be "summer heat storms, sudden, localized but also intense in the Alps and the Northwest, while Friday, the risk will increase in the South". The great heat and air conditioners at full speed push the consumption of electricity to the maximum: they reached the new record this year to 56.400 MW. According to Terna figures, this figure exceeds the previous record of 54,700 MW reached on February 28 in conjunction with the great freeze, but remains well below the historic peak of 60,500 MW reached on July 22, 2015. With the start of vacation in summer, the load will fall physiologically.