Italy: heat wave, alert in 12 cities

ROME- A heat wave has swept over Italy causing temperatures felt up to 41 ° C and the Civil Protection has launched an alert Wednesday for several major cities in the north and in the south.

•     Rome, Perugia and Latina in the central region as well as Milan, Bologna and Brescia in the north are Wednesday to alert level 3 of Civil Protection, the highest, while Bolzano and Venice and Florence in the north, Civitavecchia and Rieti in the centre, are at level 2.
  
      Thursday will be the hottest day in eight cities with level 3 warning, Florence and Venice from 2 to 3, while Messina, in the south, where the temperature is 41 ° C because of the high humidity rate, will enter into category 2.
  
      Tuesday, the maximum temperature recorded in Milan, the economic capital, was 35.4 ° C but the temperature was 41 ° C, according to the Ansa agency.
  
      The heat wave has also caused an increase in outbreaks of fire, with 72 recorded fire starts Tuesday in Italy, according to the Forestry Corps (CFS).
      
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