Heat-related calls to Italy's
emergency services have risen by at least 20% in the last three
weeks with respect to the equivalent period last year, Mario
Balzanelli of the 118 health-emergency-call system told ANSA on
Friday.
Italy is current in the grip of a major heat wave.
The number of Italian cities on red alert for the heat, meaning
it is so intense it is a threat to active healthy people and not
just the vulnerable, is set to rise from seven on Friday to 11
on Saturday. They are: Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Florence,
Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti, Pescara, Rome and Viterbo.
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