Record heat in Italy, today's news: towards the peak at 40 degrees then the storms arrive
The peak of the African heat in our country is imminent: temperatures will shoot up even further, reaching peaks of nearly 41°C in some areas. Tomorrow 20 cities are on the red dot but a dangerous storm break is expected from the weekend with an alert in the whole of the North. Yesterday there were four deaths due to the heat: two tourists in Sardinia, a truck driver in his truck on the A4 between Sirmione and Peschiera del Garda and an 85-year-old man in Genoa. In Spain 102 deaths due to the heat.
Bolzano, already ten days above 35 degrees and the night above 20
In South Tyrol, the summer of 2025 is set to become a summer of records. In Bolzano today, ten days with temperatures above 35 degrees and ten nights with minimum temperatures of at least 20 degrees have already been recorded. This was reported by the provincial meteorologist Dieter Peterlin. The record for so-called 'tropical nights', that is, with temperatures of at least 20 degrees, currently still belongs to 2015 with 29 nights.
Tomorrow will still be very hot. Saturday will also start with sunshine. However, thunderstorms will become more frequent in the afternoon. Similar conditions with sunshine and thunderstorms on Sunday. Temperatures will be slightly decreasing. For Monday, variable weather is expected with sunny periods and showers, even thunderstorms and decreasing temperatures.
Oristano, fish kill due to high temperatures
The great heat of the last few hours has caused a death of fish in the pond of S'aqua d'urchi, in Cabras. The alarm was raised by Salvatore Pisano, the president of the cooperative Laguna Aqua Urchi, which manages the complex under concession from the Municipality of Cabras.
"There are already at least a few dozen quintals of dead fish - explained Pisano - unfortunately with these temperatures it was to be expected. The water has little oxygenation". Pisano has appealed to the municipal administration to extend to the S'aqua d'urchi pond the interventions underway in the larger ponds in the Cabras area, where bulldozers are clearing the channels through which the water is exchanged. A request also shared by Gianni Fanni, president of Unicoop Oristano, who this morning carried out an inspection and announced that the competent authorities are interested, given the exceptional nature of the situation and the serious consequences that this fish mortality can have. The S'aqua d'urchi pond has an extension of about ten hectares and for about forty years has been entrusted in concession to a local cooperative that also manages a fish tourism business.
Asphalt problems due to heat, Verona toll booths closed on A4
More traffic disruption on the A4 Venice-Milan motorway, where the entrances to the Verona Sud and Verona Est toll booths are closed, with a recommended return to Sommacampagna. The traffic police are operating on the motorway, the Verona local police are operating outside the toll booths. From what has been learned, the intervention was necessary due to new problems with the asphalt, caused by high temperatures. The collapse of the asphalt between Verona Sud and the junction for the A22 Brennero towards Milan led to the closure of the first lane.
Minister Pichetto: “No risk of blackouts like in Spain but risks on the electricity grid”
"The high network, even after the 2003 blackout, has a series of precautions and precautions and good stability. Let's say that it is much more difficult for what happened in Spain to happen. Of course, there are areas where excess demand and consumption causes overheating and discomfort, but in these situations of discomfort the intervention is almost always quite immediate". But "there is still a risk that concerns the energy network ". This is what the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said to Rtl 102.5.
At least 102 dead since Saturday due to record heat in Spain
The month of June, the hottest ever recorded in Spain, has seen 380 deaths attributable to high temperatures, 102 of which have occurred since last Saturday, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The day with the highest number of deaths was June 30, with 46 victims, followed by Sunday 28, with 32, the same number as the entire month of June last year, the Spanish agency reports.
The deadliest year to date has been 2022, whose summer caused 4,789 deaths, 828 of them in June. Most of the deaths in June were women (237). By age group, the vast majority (36) are concentrated in the over 65s (369) and, more specifically, in the over 75s. Meanwhile, the alert for the stifling heat continues in 12 of the 17 regions in Spain with warnings for extreme temperatures and for locally very strong thunderstorms.
Greenpeace Report on the Boiling Mediterranean: “Here’s Why It’s a Time Bomb”
The Mediterranean is now a time bomb, boiling sea even at 40 meters deep. The Greenpeace report tells how, from Portofino to Sicily, the waters are changing with temperatures of almost 4 degrees above normal: alien species are proliferating, mucilage is increasing and corals are suffering.
“From the heat peak to the storm alert”: meteorologist Guidi explains what will happen
There are no more half measures. From Sunday we will abandon the current almost 40 degrees. However, we will replace them with the risk of cloudbursts in the north. "The African anticyclone is letting up", confirms Guido Guidi, lieutenant colonel and meteorologist of the Air Force.
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