Mont Blanc temperature above zero for 33 hours

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 12 - Air temperature on Mt Blanc remained above zero for 33 hours at the weekend, the ARPA regional environmental agency for Val d'Aosta said Monday.
    It said the effects of Italy's heat wave have reached the summit of the 4,805 metre high Monte Bianco, western Europe's tallest mountain.
    "The air temperature, recorded by the automatic weather station positioned at Colle Major at 4,750 metres above sea level, remained above zero for 33 consecutive hours, from midnight on 10 August to 9am on 11 August." Such high temperature values were also recorded, for more limited periods, on 5 August (five consecutive hours), and on 18 and 30 July, said ARPA Val d'Aosta. (ANSA).