The central and southern regions of Italy recorded 7% more deaths than normal in July after a baking heatwave, health ministry data showed, while firefighters on Monday battled fires on Sardinia and hailstones and floods battered the northeast.
last month, with scorching temperatures leading to increased risk of fires and deaths.
It noted that record temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius have caused more fatalities than expected in the population aged 75 and over. On the contrary, the mortality rate in cities in the north of the country, which was less exposed to the heatwave, was lower than expected, down 14% on the past trend.
After 60 interventions the previous night, the work to extinguish the flames continued in the provinces of Nuoro and Cagliari, firefighters said on Monday.
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