Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert

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Italy is placing nearly all of its major cities on the highest heat alert due to a strengthening subtropical anticyclone from North Africa. Nineteen major cities, including Rome, Milan, and Naples, are already on red alert, with all but two expected to be by Monday. This extreme heatwave is occurring as firefighters in Greece, France, Portugal, and Spain continue to battle wildfires that have burned thousands of hectares. In France, evacuations took place in the Var region due to a reignited blaze, while a large fire in Gironde is now under control. Greece has evacuated hundreds, primarily tourists, from a coastal town threatened by wildfires. Spain and Portugal have experienced significantly higher land burn rates than average this year, with EU data indicating over 200,000 hectares burned in Spain alone. These events are occurring in the context of climate change, which is causing Europe to warm at twice the global average rate.

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Climate change is increasing global temperatures.

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Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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In Spain, over 200,000 hectares have burned, which is approximately five times the average for this time of year.

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Wildfires are ongoing in Greece, France, Portugal, and Spain, affecting thousands of hectares.

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Italy is placing nearly all major cities on the highest heat alert due to an anticyclone from North Africa.

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The extreme heat is being caused by a subtropical anticyclone from North Africa that is now strengthening over the Mediterranean.Meanwhile, firefighters in Greece, France, Portugal and Spain are still tackling blazes spanning thousands of hectares.In France, some 2,500 people were evacuated in the south-eastern Var region on Friday evening after a blaze - which had been contained for several days - reignited, local officials said.But a massive fire in the south-western Gironde region is now under control, and some 200,000 local evacuated residents have been able to return to their homes.In Greece, hundreds of people - mostly tourists - have been evacuated by sea from a coastal town of Viotia hemmed in by one of the many wildfires raging across the country.And in Spain, more than 200,000 hectares of land has burnt in 2026 - roughly five times above the average by this point in the year - while the burnt land in Portugal is also higher than usual, EU data shows.Climate Change is driving up temperatures around the world, and Europe is the fastest warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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