Rome: Regional authority in the temperature recorded by Sicily 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as an anticyclone dubbed “Lucifer” sweep, which, if confirmed, will be a new Italian and European records.
The hottest temperature was recorded near Syracuse, beating a record of all 48.5 degrees of Italian time, arranged in Sicily in 1999, and a record 1977 from 48 degrees in Eleusis in Greece.
A spokesman for the Italian national meteorology service said the results still had to be validated, while the world meteorological organization, which included Greek records as the highest Europe, did not respond to requests for comments.
Elsewhere in southern Italy, Anticyclone is estimated to send mercury up to 39-42 degrees before sweeping north, with a weekend temperature to 40 degrees in the center of Tuscany and Lazio, which includes Rome.
When the capital was warmed on Wednesday, tourists looking for shade and water.
“I kind of like it, it’s a summer goal to be hot and sweat and enjoy it!” said Nora Vert, a 20-year-old child from France.
Heat has raised concerns for fires that have damaged Sicilia and the Calabria region throughout the summer, many caused by burning but driven by warm winds and dried plants and plants.
Firefighters said on Wednesday before they had recorded 300 interventions in the last 12 hours, while a 77-year-old man died of burns received while trying to protect his flock in the countryside near Reggio Calabria.
Elsewhere in Calabria, a fire threatened Aspromonte Mountain Range, which was appointed as the UNESCO area with international geological significance.
Deputy Head of the Italian WWF NGO Environment, Dante Caserta, called for more resources, such as air support, to extinguish the fire “or it will be late, and we will lose an invaluable inheritance”.
Madonie Mountain Range, close to the capital of Sicily Palermo, also for several days has been surrounded by fire which has destroyed plants, animals, homes and industrial buildings.
Governor Sicilia, Nello Musumeci, called for an emergency to be declared to be stated for the mountains, while Agriculture Minister Stefano Patarnelli visited on Wednesday to meet the local mayor around Palermo.
“Fire is an emergency that requires direct response, first and especially with the help that must be given to those who have lost everything,” said Patuanelli.
Blazes also destroyed Sardinia, with 13 fires recorded during the day on Tuesday.
More than 20,000 hectares (50,000 hectares) burned last month in the west of the island during the worst fire seen in decades.
Southern Europe has experienced intense heatwives and forest fires this summer when experts warn climate change to increase the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events like that.