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New system pushing into region from north Africa could lead to temperatures above record 48.8CSouthern Europe is bracing for a second heat storm in a week, with Spain, Italy and Greece, along with Morocco and other Mediterranean countries being told te…
Anticyclone Caronte could send thermometer to 48C/118F as Mediterranean heatwave intensifies• Read more: Acropolis closes to protect touristsA fierce anticyclone named after Cerberus, a three-headed monster-dog that features in Dante’s Inferno, had not…
Summertime in Italy is often the peak season for transport strikes.
Airline and airport staff action comes at busiest travel time and amid record heatwave in EuropeStrikes by airport and airline staff have grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe at the height of the busy summer …
Rome, Florence and Bologna among areas affected as forecasters say Sicily and Sardinia could face record 49C temperaturesSixteen cities across Italy have been issued with red alerts as southern Europe continues to experience fierce heat and faces the p…
Animal fatally attacked Andrea Papi, 26, who was first person to be killed in Italy by a bear in modern timesAn Italian court has suspended a ruling that a brown bear should be put down for mauling to death a jogger in the Alps.The animal, a 17-year-ol…
Sprawling Cinecittà complex is in demand again thanks to tax breaks and boom in film and TV production Walk through the 1930s-built, dusty pink gates of Cinecittà, the legendary film studios in Rome, and the magic of its golden era is immediately palpa…
Tourists collapse in Greece and Italy and worker killed near Milan amid heatwave worsened by carbon pollution A ferocious heatwave inflamed by carbon pollution is baking southern Europe, posing severe health risks to older people and those with underly…
New York and Vermont suffer severe flooding, while European heatwave expected to continue into next weekIn the US, what is being termed as a one in 1,000 years flooding event has occurred, with a state of emergency called in New York and Vermont. From …
More scorching weather is expected in the southern part of the continent and the Balkans in the coming days. Here’s what to know.