(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 9 - Italy's Civil Protection Department
has warned that the risk of wildfires is set to increase
throughout the nation this week, with the heatwave forecast to
intensify.
Indeed, temperatures could go over 45° in some parts of the
country in the coming days.
Many regions have been hit by devastating wildfires in recent
weeks, with Sardinia, Sicily and Abruzzo hit particularly hard.
On Sunday firefighters were battling against blazes in several
parts of Sicily, on the Aspromonte mountain in Calabria and in
the northern province of Cesena, in Emilia-Romagna. (ANSA).
Italy braced for more wildfires amid searing heat
Temperatures could go over 45° this week