The deaths of four elderly people
over the last two has been linked to the intense heatwave Italy
is currently suffering.
The fourth person to die was a 70-year-old man who collapsed on
a beach at Giovinazzo, near Bari.
Two of the other deaths on Saturday were also at beaches in the
southern region of Puglia, while the other suspected
heat-related fatality of an elderly person was in Rome.
At the moment 11 Italian cities are on red alert for the heat,
meaning it is so intense it is a threat to active healthy people
and not just the vulnerable.
They are: Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone,
Latina, Perugia, Rieti, Pescara, Rome and Viterbo.
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