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08 August 2019Fine week in the name of great heat in many areas of Italy. According to the bulletin of heat waves updated by the Ministry of Health, the peak of the heat will be recorded on Saturday when the level 3 alert is triggered, the highest ("red dot") in Campobasso and the level alert 2 ("orange stamp") in Ancona, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti and Rome. Tomorrow instead 3 alert again in Campobasso and alert 2 to Brescia, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti and Rome. Always on Saturday, the perceived temperatures will reach 39 in Latina, 38 Bologna, Frosinone and Rome, 37 in Florence.

Zero at 4600 meters
Temperatures rise over the weekend and the level of the zero temperature also rises, that is zero degrees Celsius, which could reach 4,600 meters in the Alps on Saturday. "This is an anomalous figure for the period - explains Bernardo Gozzini, director of the Lamma-Cnr Consortium - due to the fact that the temperatures will be higher than the average of 5 degrees, going from 31-32 of maximum value to 36-37.

However, episodes of this type, from 2000 onwards, are no longer exceptional but continue to be more and more frequent ". The increase in the level of the zero temperature will be a very fast phenomenon: the" zero degree altitude "will already be lowered on Sunday at 4,200-4,300 meters, while on Monday it will drop below 4,000 meters. "The heat wave that will hit Italy over the weekend and Monday, for the reinforcement of high pressure of African origin - underlines Gozzini - will in fact be less intense than the previous ones ".

Fires in Sicily
From sunset to dawn, the work of the fire brigade continues: 135 forest fires extinguished in the last 48 hours in the province of Palermo. Extra-provincial resources have also been mobilized to evade relief requests, in particular from the VVF commands of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Messina, Catania, as well as the sections of the Calabria mobile column. The areas most involved are Bolognetta, Belmonte Mezzagno, Carini, Partinico and Balestrate. Several houses have been evacuated as a precaution. Firefighters are also arriving in Sicily from Naples and Potenza.

Fires in Sardinia
More fires in Sardinia. From the earliest hours of the morning, a helicopter of the regional forestry fire-fighting machine is intervening to reclaim the fire that broke out yesterday in the countryside of the town of Nughedu San Nicolo ', in the Sasserese. The Ozieri Forestry Corps are coordinating the shutdown operations. On the spot, in addition to the barracelli of the local company, there are four Forestas teams from Nughedu San Nicolo ', Ardara and Pattada.