Nine Dead From Hot in Europe

In Italy, burning temperatures of up to 38 degrees Celsius forced officials to issue red alarms in 17 large cities, including Milan and Rome, while some regions stopped working in the wild in the afternoon.

A worker has already died as a result of the heat. Local reports say Brahim Ait El Hajjam, 47, collapsed while spilling concrete into a parking lot in the suburb of Bologna, which was also under red alert.

Two men over 60 died on the beaches of Sardinja, the ANSA news agency reported, and in the capital of Sicily, Palermo, a 53-year-old woman died Monday after she reportedly fainted as she walked along a road. Local media said she had heart problems.

The results of post-death examinations have not been published, but heat waves kill thousands of people a year in Europe, giving the heat the nickname “the silent killer”.

During the long and hot summer of 2022 in Europe, the hottest ever recorded, 61,000 people died because of heat, one study was found, writes Skynews.

In Spain, severe temperatures have increased further, reaching 46 °C in Huelva on Saturday and 37.9 °C in Barcelona yesterday, where officials are also investigating whether the death of a weekend street cleaner was related to heat.

Authorities also reported deaths related to the heat wave at Extremandura and Cordoba.

France's energy minister reported two deaths from the heat, and another 300 were taken to the hospital.

Its capital can again experience heat of 40 °C today, and the top of the Eiffel Tower remains closed, as well as hundreds of schools.

Meanwhile, in Germany, firefighters faced several forest fires in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony among 40 °C temperatures in some areas. /Periscope/