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"Outdoor working has been banned during the hottest parts of the day in more
than half of Italy’s regions as an extreme heatwave that has smashed June
temperature records in Spain and Portugal continues to grip large swathes of
Europe.
The savage temperatures are believed to have claimed at least three lives,
including that of a small boy who is thought to have died from heatstroke while
in a car in Catalonia’s Tarragona province on Tuesday afternoon.
In Palermo, Sicily, a 53-year-old woman died on Monday after fainting while
walking along a street. She had reportedly suffered from a heart condition.
A 70-year-old man was reported to have drowned at a tourist resort close to
Turin as intense heat gave way to storms and flash floods.
Admissions to hospital emergency units in parts of Italy have risen by 15-20%
in recent days. The majority of patients are elderly people suffering from
dehydration.
The heatwave, which has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people
from their homes in Turkey due to wildfires, has also forced the closure of
schools in parts of France – as education unions warned the classrooms were
dangerously hot for children and teachers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
