Massive danger
Italy must now impose the highest heat warning level
Our neighbor Italy is groaning under such a severe heatwave that the Mediterranean country's Ministry of Health has declared the highest warning level for 17 major cities - including the capital Rome, Florence and Bologna. This means that even healthy people could suffer negative physical effects.
The high pressure system "Caronte" has been bringing extreme temperatures to our Italian neighbors for several days now. The relatively high humidity in particular is making the heat in the cities difficult to bear.
The air force weather service is forecasting temperatures of around 38 degrees in Rome and Florence and between 36 and 37 degrees in Bologna and Perugia. It could also be particularly hot in some areas of the southern Italian regions of Apulia and Basilicata as well as on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. In some places, temperatures could even break the 40 degree mark
Storms are brewing
According to meteorologists, the heatwave is set to last until Sunday. After that, a slight cooling with more bearable temperatures is expected in some regions, especially in the north. This could be accompanied by storms and heavy thunderstorms.
Ice cream for tigers and monkeys at the zoo
Due to the heat, some animal species such as tigers, monkeys and coatis are being treated to special ice cream by their keepers at Rome Zoo. The varieties are based entirely on the tastes and needs of the zoo's inhabitants, reported the Roman daily newspaper "Il Messaggero" on Friday.
To make it easier for the animals to fight the heat, the staff changed the menu: Ice cubes with fruit, fish or meat, depending on the needs of the different species. Visitors to the park these days can observe how the emperor tamarins, which are among the smallest monkeys in the world, lick eagerly at fruit ice cream.
Fruit icicles were served to the lemurs and tigers were given frozen meat. The zoo in the Villa Borghese city park is home to 1200 animals, including reptiles, mammals and birds.
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