The heatwave will intensify from Monday, with temperatures reaching 44C (111.2F) in the Guadalquivir valley near Seville in the south of the country, forecasters predicted.
Besides the Italian capital, health alerts were in place from the central city of Florence to Palermo in Sicily and Bari in the southeast of the peninsula (Photo: AP)
The heatwave will intensify from Monday with temperatures reaching 44C 1112F in the Guadalquivir valley near Seville in the south of the country forecasters predicted
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